Original German Early 1930s Experimental Vulkanfiber Fire Helmet with Comb by Erel - Feuerwehr No Return together with the medal and

together with the medal and ribbon

Now this is something you just don’t come across everyday

Clearly a tribute to the Regimental Chaplain for his concerns and actions to the Soldiers of his flock during the WW1

top cover latch

The crossgraining is also still mostly there

Original German Early 1930s Experimental Vulkanfiber Fire Helmet with Comb by Erel - Feuerwehr No Return together with the medal andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting early 1930's Experimental German Fire Brigade (Feuerwehr) helmet, made from pressed "Vulkanfibre", as later uses for the visors of German Schirmmtze Visor Caps. Intended to replace the leather style previously used, these were put into service in the early 1930s on a small scale, and found to be wholly inadequate. Not only were they not much lighter than steel helmets, they were far less