Original German WWI M16 Russian Capture Helmet with Red Star and Camouflage Paint - Featured in Book Helmets 75 caliber barrel is held

75 caliber barrel is held to the stock by transverse pins and has the standard British Ordnance proof marks at the breech

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Large brass helmet plate with the 175th Infantry logo DECUS ET PRAESIDIUM

This is what we call a “sleeper" recently found at a country estate sale

Original German WWI M16 Russian Capture Helmet with Red Star and Camouflage Paint - Featured in Book Helmets 75 caliber barrel is heldOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an amazing example of a totally original WWI German M17 Helmet which was captured by the Russians and reissued to Anti Aircraft troops the 1920s. The very helmet was featured in the wonderful book; RUSSIAN HELMETS from KASKA to STALSHLYEM 1916 2001 by ROBERT W. CLAWSON. The stamped, sheet steel construction, helmet retains about 95% of its original German WW1 hand painted camouflage paint. The helmet has both