Original Imperial German Pre WWI Nassau Fire Brigade Association Leather Helmet MG 42 " with the serial number

" with the serial number 18839 stamped below

The inside of the helmet is marked with the manufacturer information on a cloth label:

the neck guard apron is lot number stamped 5009

Condition rates to very good

The exterior of this German helmet retains almost all of the dark gray paint

Original Imperial German Pre WWI Nassau Fire Brigade Association Leather Helmet MG 42 " with the serial numberOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition, turn of the century pickelhaube style German Fire helmet, with a boiled leather body, German silver front plate (wappen), German Silver central comb, and brass & German Silver fittings. Central plate has a shield with the the ancestral and core coat of arms of Nassau, which formed the heart shield of the greater coat of arms. It is almost identical to the coat of arms of the Netherlands