Original German WWII Austrian M17 Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with Period Applied Net and 58cm Liner - Size 66 Shell Miscellaneous Gun Parts The end cap is brass

The end cap is brass and held in place with 3 rivets

This set consists of a BC-611-C and a BC-611-F

The barrel serial is surrounded by the CROWN / GP "Gunmakers Proof" and CROWN / V "Viewed" markings from the London Gun Company proof house

and the grooves show past fouling and oxidation

These have been getting rather hard to find in recent years

Original German WWII Austrian M17 Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with Period Applied Net and 58cm Liner - Size 66 Shell Miscellaneous Gun Parts The end cap is brassOriginal Item: Only One Available. Austria Hungary purchased about 416,000 German helmets from November 1916 until the end of the war, and also began its own licensed production starting in May 1917. Around a million Stahlhelm of all variants were issued until the end of the war. The Austrian M17 helmet was similar to the German M16 but was colored golden brown (known as Isonzo braun), had a cloth chinstrap and had the chinstrap rivet located higher