Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet with Panel Camouflage Paint & M17 Liner with Mud-Stained Interior - Battlefield Pickup - Size 66 U.S. Army 4th Edition 1943

4th Edition 1943

Today they are equipped with Stryker vehicles

with remnants of the rigging on some

to put the fired cartridge case below the barrel and in alignment with short extraction tube

Research reveals that serial number 20357 dates manufacture to the second half of 1895

Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet with Panel Camouflage Paint & M17 Liner with Mud-Stained Interior - Battlefield Pickup - Size 66 U.S. Army 4th Edition 1943Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a totally original WWI German M16 Helmet, with a very nice "paneled" camouflage paint scheme. This was a very popular type of camouflage used on both sides of WWI. The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains about 75% of its original hand painted camouflage paint. This was painted over the original field gray paint, so this is visible in areas where the paint has flaked off.