Original Imperial German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet - Shell Size 62 Hand Select:Yes The starter tab is marked

The starter tab is marked with the manufacturer’s initials

The M1916 design provided excellent protection: Reserve Lieutenant Walter Schulze of 8th Company Reserve Infantry Regiment 76 described his combat introduction to the helmet on the Somme

Its combination of exceptional mobility – being light enough to be carried by one man – and high rate of fire (of up to 900 rounds per minute) was unmatched

the height of the Cold War

Original Imperial German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet - Shell Size 62 Hand Select:Yes The starter tab is markedOriginal Item: In an amazing victory for the collecting community IMA secured an exclusive deal to purchase a major cache of totally original German World War One helmets that were us by the Imperial German army from 1916 though 1918. After the war these helmets were sold to the Finnish Army and used by the Finns through WW2 the Winter War, the Continuation War until the 1960s when they were taken out of service and put into military storage. Forty