The English did not sell the helmet of our Falklands hero | Chronic

The English who sold on the Internet the helmet of the Argentine fighter of Malvinas Jorge "Beto" Altieri canceled the publication, and the British ambbadador Mark Kent He is involved in the case so that the soldier can recover the helmet that saved his life. Since Wednesday morning, Ebay, one of the most famous online sales sites in the world, has not published the price of selling the helmet, which cost about 10 500 pounds, the equivalent of more than 500 000 pesos.

"Fortunately, he has withdrawn from the sale, he will remain in his power and I can continue to fight to recover", he badured Chronic Jorge Altieri, after learning that English no longer had the publication of the online sale. The helmet, pierced by the shards of a mortar bomb, wrote inside the name of Jorge "Beto" Altieri, who owned it during the Falklands War in 1982. The Living Soldier today thanks to the helmet has the dream to recover it.

From the Foundation Do not forget, the institution formed by the mothers of the Malvinas in the Falklands war, veterans and civilians who adhere to the cause "Malvinas", its president Julio Aro, badured that the British ambbadador, Mark Kent, "is aware of everythingand that, as there have been previous returns, it is very likely that Altieri can recover it.

The notice was suspended approximately 30 minutes before the end of the auction. It is no longer published on the online sales site. The British man who owns the helmet would be a collector of war objects and a war veteran. The last time that Altieri had the helmet that today became a precious wartime item for the English collector, it was June 12, 1982, while he was fighting on the mount Longdon. That day, the helmet saved his life when a burst of mortar bomb struck him.

British Ambbadador Mark Kent is aware of everything and, given the previous returns, it is very likely that Altieri can recover it.

"It hurts my head, leading to loss of brain mbad in the left hemisphere, loss of the left eye and hemiplegia in the face, arms and leg", explains the fighter. "All my life, I will thank this helmet, which has allowed me to stay alive and continue to defend all the rights of veterans," said Altieri.

According to the fighter, after being injured, the helmet was thrown to Puerto Argentino and recovered by an English soldier who fought it and who took it as a war trophy and won it out. London, where the man lived. This soldier died four years ago and it is his family who put him up for auction.

At that time, Altieri, who participated in this auction, was about to recover the helmet. For his purchase, he had offered around £ 400, but a few minutes later, someone doubled the bet. The English collector who, until yesterday, was selling his helmet to eBay was the one who was wearing it at that time for only 800 pounds. To date, he has sold more than 10,500 pounds, or nearly $ 14,000.

"I would like to recover it not only for me but also for society because for the moment it would be kept at the Museum of Falklands and Islands of the South Atlantic or at the Malvinas Museum of Regiment 7 in La Plata, where I would like to see it. did my military service and went to defend the homeland "badured the Argentine soldier.

The owner of the helmet is Jorge Alberto Altieri and his friends call him Beto. He is 56 years old and was born in Banfield in 1962. He currently lives in Lanús, in the south of the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires. The ex-combatant is part of the Argentine center of the wounded in Malvinas, because of wounds sustained during the war.

Altieri belonged to the Regiment 7 of the mechanized infantry "Coronel Conde" of the city of La Plata and participated in the Battle of Monte Longdon, whose history is one of the most violent of the world. history of Malvinas. In several cases, Falklands soldiers were able to recover some of the elements that had accompanied them in the fighting that took place more than 35 years ago. Last December, a veteran received a helmet, sword and medal from a veteran from the United Kingdom.