Original Austrian WWI M17 Helmet Converted WWII German SS with Double Paper Decals - Size 66 Technical Books It has a double thickness

It has a double thickness lined "skirt" with loops

and remains in very good condition throughout

It was cast from a silicon mold of an original Arisaka 99 Type 2 in the IMA collection and therefore is not only an accurate 1:1 scale but has all the details of the real thing

Due to the high value and nature of these parts sets

It is embossed on the front U

Original Austrian WWI M17 Helmet Converted WWII German SS with Double Paper Decals - Size 66 Technical Books It has a double thicknessOriginal 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