Original German WWII M17 Transitional Army Single Decal Helmet - Size 66 Category_Martini-Henry Parts Two columns of small horizontal

Two columns of small horizontal slits were cut in the face of the shield and supple pieces of leather interwoven between them down each side of the stick to give the central section a double thickness

maker marked with a very early January 1935 date

The next variant made in 1942 and the most produced one is the No

The insert has the “cat's anus” style stuffing

the machined attachment bases for both front and rear sights were converted from the original luminous sights of World War 1 to the nonluminous sights of World War 2

Original German WWII M17 Transitional Army Single Decal Helmet - Size 66 Category_Martini-Henry Parts Two columns of small horizontalOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a super clean excellent example of a WWI M17 helmet that was converted for use by the Third Reich in the 1930 before the issue of the M1935 helmet. It features a correct M31 eight finger leather liner, WWII issue brown chinstrap and a wonderful mint single Heer (army) decal over the left ear. The shell is stamped 66 inside of the skirt. Helmet retains about 98% of its rough textured field grey over paint. The