Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet - ET64 Water Jacket Assembly After the truncated preparation

After the truncated preparation

could also replace the M3 in service in a secondary role as a fighting knife

Various German WWII patches

as well as significant portions of the original Naval Scene engraving

Original German WWII Luftwaffe M40 Single Decal Helmet - ET64 Water Jacket Assembly After the truncated preparationOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year. With plans on the drawing board, experimental helmets in the field, ("Gaede" helmet), and some captured French and British helmets the German army began tests for their own steel helmet at the Kummersdorf Proving Grounds in November, and in the field in December 1915. An