Original German WWII M18 Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with Wartime Liner & Chinstrap - Stamped W66 Hotchkiss MG certainly during the period

certainly during the period

The barrel is also marked on the left side of the breech with the CROWN / CROSSED SCEPTERS / BPC "proof" and CROWN / CROSSED SCEPTERS / V "viewed" marks from the English city of Birmingham

23 January

so there is no way to remove it aside from cutting it off

and finally to Obergefreiter (Senior Exempted or Lance Corporal) on 1

Original German WWII M18 Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with Wartime Liner & Chinstrap - Stamped W66 Hotchkiss MG certainly during the periodOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a WWI M18 helmet, which was converted for use by the Third Reich in the 1930s before the widespread issue of the M1935 helmet. This would involve repainting, and the helmet was then fitted with a pre war M 31 Leather liner, with the correct WWII pattern split pins. It looks like it was probably in service for some time, as it now has a wartime Panzergrau (Armor Gray) color lightly textured