Gun Collectors Dream Auction #69 Weapons of War!
Lot 353:
Receipt for purchase on this Helmet shows – Original German WWII M40 Type Steel Helmet Finnish M40/55 with liner and strap- liner shows 56 (size 7) internet info: The Stahlhelm (‘steel helmet’) is a German military steel combat helmet intended to provide protection against shrapnels and fragments or shards of grenades. The term Stahlhelm refers both to a generic steel helmet and more specifically to the distinctive German military design. At the beginning of World War I, none of the combatants were issued with any form of protection for the head other than cloth and leather caps, designed at most to protect against sabre cuts. When trench warfare began, the number of casualties on all sides suffering from severe head wounds (more often caused by shrapnel bullets or shell fragments than by gunfire) increased dramatically, since the head was typically the most exposed part of the body when in a trench PLEASE REFER TO PICTURES TO MAKE YOUR OWN DETERMINATION.
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