Original German WWII Austrian M17 Transitional Heer Army Double Decal Helmet with 1940 Dated 57cm Liner & Chinstrap - Size 66 Shell MG 42 Mounts 1st Baron Heathfield as Elliots

1st Baron Heathfield as Elliots Light Horse as the first of the new regiments of light dragoons in 1759

This example still has a piece of twine that was threaded through the hole in the clicker so it could be hung around the neck

awarded by IX Army Corps

Instituted in 1864 by Aaron Silverman of the Charité hospital of Berlin

Original German WWII Austrian M17 Transitional Heer Army Double Decal Helmet with 1940 Dated 57cm Liner & Chinstrap - Size 66 Shell MG 42 Mounts 1st Baron Heathfield as ElliotsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Austria Hungary purchased about 416,000 German helmets from November 1916 until the end of the war, and also began its own licensed production starting in May 1917. Around a million Stahlhelm of all variants were issued until the end of the war. The Austrian M17 helmet was similar to the German M16 but was colored golden brown (known as Isonzo braun), had a cloth chinstrap and had the chinstrap rivet located higher