The helmet that saved the life of an Argentine soldier at the Malvinas was auctioned at 13,000 USD.

February 26, 2019

The item that protected Jorge "Beto" Altieri during the Battle of Monte Longdon is on sale on Ebay. Argentina admitted that he wanted to recover it.

Jorge "Beto" Altieri he was seriously injured at the head of the battle of Longdon Mountain. Your helmet He saved his life and for him, he has an incalculable value. However, it is already billed within an online auction house, where it is auctioned with a base of $ 13,000.

His current owner is an English collector of war objects and he published it in Ebay under the name of "Helmet of an Argentine soldier from the Battle of Monte Longdon"

The helmet is pierced by the shards of a mortar that exploded near the area where it was Altieri and his name is read clearly about this protection. The publication made in Ebay clarifies that the man in question has saved his life and is currently alive.

Altieri he knows about this story and knows that his helmet has already been auctioned before. He even tried to buy it and made an offer, but this Englishman tripled the offer at the last minute of the auction and kept the object.

"I would pay for the headphones what the collector paid for the first auction, about 800 pounds. I'm surprised by the price you have now"Said the former Argentine soldier who admits to writing his name on the helmet with a pen inside.

For its part, Bruce, the British who bought the helmet, in 2012, confirmed that it would not bother him to get rid of this object, although he has no intention of lowering the price in any way whatsoever .

"A helmet of the Second World War alone, without name, has just been auctioned at 55,000 pounds. The military or collectibles of the Falklands War have an infinitely lower price, but this case is special. It combines the soldier's story, the fact that he is alive and bears his name, and that the battle of Monte Longdon was the most important for the British Parachute Regiment III."He said.