Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet with 55cm Liner & Chinstrap - Stamped Q62 Fusee Spring & Cover complete with serial matched bring

complete with serial matched bring back papers from a Captain with the 819th Engineer Battalion

The company was founded in 1883 with the merger of two major Solingen sword-making companies

Irvine became an engineer at a young age

The reason why there was no problems with fragmentation might be related to the fact that the Finns used only TNT in hand grenades that they manufactured - not some less effective explosive

The M49A2 was an explosive shell used against infantry and other light area targets

Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet with 55cm Liner & Chinstrap - Stamped Q62 Fusee Spring & Cover complete with serial matched bringOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely original Model 1940 German WWII helmet with a single Luftwaffe Eagle decal and 1940 dated size 55 liner. This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains over 90% of the original smooth Luftwaffe Fliegerblau (Flyer's Blue) Blue Gray paint, and really has a great look! Shortly after this helmet is made the Luftwaffe would move to a textured finish for their helmets. The decal is retained at close