Original German WWII M18 Transitional Heer Army Double Decal Helmet with Interwar Liner - Stamped "Bell" L64 17th Century or by blowing them up

or by blowing them up with explosive charges of the sticky bomb type

On 10 May 1944

ribber soles ands functional zippers size is approximately a U

so this is most likely a wartime arsenal replacement

By shear miserable happenstance a steel shard from the explosion flew 800 yards and struck a Petty Officer from H

Original German WWII M18 Transitional Heer Army Double Decal Helmet with Interwar Liner - Stamped "Bell" L64 17th Century or by blowing them upOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a WWI M18 helmet, which was converted for use by the Third Reich in the 1930s before the widespread issue of the M1935 helmet. During the process it looks like may have been repainted with Pre War Apfel grn (apple green), and the helmet liner looks to have had the leather portions replaced during the interwar period. It was then fitted with Heer "Double Decals", a Heer (army) eagle over