Original Austrian WWI M17 Helmet Converted WWII German SS with Double Paper Decals - Size 66 German Air Force Luftwaffe Mihiel (as part of the

Mihiel (as part of the US IV Corps) on 12 September 1918

Complete with original leather chinstrap in good used condition

•- Over 20 personal correspondence items in letters and telegrams to and from his family

with a special scale provided on the spring cover

German resistance was stronger than expected

Original Austrian WWI M17 Helmet Converted WWII German SS with Double Paper Decals - Size 66 German Air Force Luftwaffe Mihiel (as part of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very interesting Genuine WWI Austro Hungarian Model 1917 helmet, which after WWI was over, was kept in service, and then reissued for use in WWII for the German Schutzstaffel (SS). We speculate that this is a helmet used after the occupation of Holland by German forces and probably quiet late in the game when helmets such as this were reissued to reserve and home defense forces out of stocks. Perhaps this