English collector selling the helmet of a Malvinas veteran canceled the publication

The British collector who had put on sale the helmet of an Argentine veteran of the Falklands War canceled the publication and, for the moment, suspended the auction. He did it when there was only a few hours left before the time of trading.

Bruce, a salesman living in London, had climbed eBay, a famous online sales site, the Jorge Altieri helmet publication, a veteran who saved his life during the battle of Monte Longdon thanks to the protective equipment he wore on his head, which made him helped prevent the impact of a bomb blast. For the helmet, the collector asked for £ 10,500, or half a million pesos. Altieri dreamed of getting it back, but he could not afford such an expense.

On Tuesday, Altieri, aware that his helmet was for sale on the Internet, spoke at TN and asked the officials to help negotiate recovery. "Now, I hope to be lucky and that a state or foreign ministry official can contact me for help me negotiate with this man. If you leave me, I can collect money to pay for it, but I can not get what you ask for, "he badured.This Wednesday, he was surprised that the publication was canceled by the seller.

"With my comrades, we fought against the third British Parachute Battalion in Monte Longdon, where I was hit by a burst of an English bomb that killed many of our soldiers and injured many of them. . This helmet has saved my life"said Altieri. The dissident hit me at the front, and even on the pictures of the auction page, you can see the hole that he left behind. For me, this wound took away my left eye and I lost brain tissue from the left brain region, "he said.

Altieri does not know what happened nor the reasons for the suspension of the sale. He's still waiting for the collector, at some point, agree to negotiate a lower price, which would allow him to recover the helmet that saved his life during the Falklands war.