Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet with 56cm Liner & Chinstrap - ET64 Category_MG 34 Mounts Both are complete and original

Both are complete and original and in solid condition

Operations began in February 1944

with the factory darkening still mostly intact

The helmet also bears a hand painted Lieutenant bar to the front

Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet with 56cm Liner & Chinstrap - ET64 Category_MG 34 Mounts Both are complete and originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An