The desperate request of a Falklands veteran before the auction of his helmet in London

Nearly 37 years after the Falklands war, Jorge Altieri is facing one of the last chances of recovering the helmet that saved his life, but it will not be easy: if he wants it, he will have to pay half a million pesos, a figure that can not afford.

Beto, as they know, surfed the Internet when he arrived eBay, a famous online sales site, and he discovered that his helmet it was auctioned by a London collector with a floor of £ 10,500, nearly $ 14,000. The sale is available until this Wednesday morning.

"Now, I hope to be lucky and that a state official or the Foreign Ministry can contact me to help me negotiate with this man." he leaves me, I will be able to collect money to pay him, but I do not arrive to what he asks, even by chance, "he badured.

The seller, a collector living in London and who calls himself Bruce, just downloaded the publication with the Altieri headset a few days ago, with all the corresponding data certifying that the protective equipment was actually being used during the war. Bruce had bought the helmet 800 pounds a few years ago: Altieri, at that time, was about to recover it, but the collector exceeded his offer at the last minute.

When he learned that his helmet was in the hands of the British seller, Beto tried to convince him to sell it cheaper, which he did not accept. "At any moment he refused, do not want to negotiate", the ex-fighter acknowledged in TN. "We contacted him, we told him the story and we even gave him a thousand pounds, but he did not want to, when he asked for 5,000 pounds, he now wants 10,500," he said. he adds.

"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.

Having no money to buy it, Altieri waits sitting in front of the computer to finish the auction and see how the route of his helmet continues. "For the moment," he says, "I have no choice but to see the pictures." Inside, he is deceived by the possibility that someone to help him to recover it.