Original German WWI Model 1917 Helmet with Camouflage Paint and Liner Lanchester SMG South Africans and New Zealanders

South Africans and New Zealanders

European-African Mid East Campaign

On February 6th

it effectively repelled numerous German counterattacks and kept the roads to Naples through the Chiunzi Pass clear until the US and British forces could gain control of the Sorrento Plateau after fighting their way up the coast from Anzio

one TD of the 2nd Platoon

Original German WWI Model 1917 Helmet with Camouflage Paint and Liner Lanchester SMG South Africans and New ZealandersOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an amazing example of a totally original WWI German M17 Helmet. The stamped, sheet steel construction, helmet retains about 90% of its original multi color hand painted camouflage paint. The helmet has both the dome headed chinstrap retaining rivets, both of the extended ventilation side lugs and all three of the flat headed liner retaining rivets. The interior of the helmet has the 1917 steel band pattern,