Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Fusee Spring & Cover the crosshatching pattern on the

the crosshatching pattern on the handle appears to have been applied twice

It is decorated with a well detailed cast zinc alloy eagle insignia on the peak and and an open aluminum wreath surrounding a metal tri-color cockade on the band

due to deterioration of the cellulose acetate

Originally founded in 1917 during WWI

The band is a correct high quality OD Green web reproduction

Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Fusee Spring & Cover the crosshatching pattern on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely service used example of an early WWII German M 38 Fallschirmjger "Single Decal" Helmet Shell, complete with a "relic" condition steel liner band. It definitely looks to have seen long service during the war, and unfortunately the chinstraps and all of the leather and rubber components of the liner rotted away long ago. This is an early model M 38 with 2nd Pattern Liner Band fitted to the shell by the