An Englishman auctioned the helmet of a Falklands veteran for $ 500,000: "I have to get it back, it saved my life"

A veteran of the

Falklands War

seeks to recover the helmet that saved his life during the Battle of Monte Longdon, and that 37 years after the conflict will be auctioned tomorrow in England with a base of over half a million pesos.

"With my comrades, I fought against the third battalion of British paratroopers at Monte Longdon, where I was hit by a burst of an English bomb that left several dead and several wounded and whose helmet I saved my life, "said Jorge" Beto ". Altieri in an interview at the Café de la Tarde by

LN +

.

"The burst hit me on the forehead, and even on the pictures of the auction page, you can see the hole that left it, this injury took my left eye and lost brain tissue of the left brain which coordinates the conduction of the right arm, the right leg and the speech ", described in front of the agency Telam.

"I have followed rehabilitation at home, practiced martial arts and I think it has helped me a lot psychologically.All the ex combatants have psychological problems.The one who says that he has not lied because we have all the consequences of the island, "said Jorge. in LN +.

"I thought I would not see this helmet again, which saved my life four years ago when a boy told me that my headset was sold in London. I did not think it was possible at first, but He showed me the photos showing the hole and the label I had placed with my name and my regiment at inside, "he recalls.

The veteran explained, "My friend helped me participate in the online auction and we made a bid of £ 400. But one minute from the end, this man who sells it now has made us an offer of 800 pounds and we did not give the time to answer. "

Altieri said: "We recently learned that he had taken the helmet to an auction that would expire tomorrow and that he had installed a base of 10,500 pounds equivalent to half a million pesos, which who hurt me a lot but made a lot of people contact me to express your solidarity. "

"I had the phone number of the Englishman, I explained the meaning of the case in messages, and he replied that I was selling him 4000 pounds, I told him says that I can not do it, that I can return the 800 pounds that he has paid, I ask you kindly let me get it back so that I can have it in my power so that , when I will not be my children, "he declared enthusiastically, in LN +

"Now, I hope to be lucky and that a state or foreign ministry official can contact me to help me negotiate with this man." I do not want to that he gives me the headphones.It allows me to collect money to pay for it and even earn something over 800 pounds that he put but i don & # 39; It does not happen that he asks by chance, "he added.

With information from Telam agency