Original German WWII USGI Decorated M35 Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap - Marked Q66 P-1853 Enfield steel plate with fold-out handle

steel plate with fold-out handle marked U

The action still retains a crown over V

repurposed with a new buckle in the 1930s

1) Butt plate checkered pattern

but the beach areas were captured

Original German WWII USGI Decorated M35 Helmet with Liner & Chinstrap - Marked Q66 P-1853 Enfield steel plate with fold-out handleOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a very nice 100% authentic German WWII Model 1935 Helmet, captured during the war and decorated by a USGI. The helmet looks most likely to originally have been the standard Feldgrau (field Gray) used by the German Army (Heer) during WWII. It may have been field repainted, and then was captured. The USGI who brought it back noticed it did not have the correct original decals, so they added a tri color shield on the