Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Shell with Faint Panel Camouflage Paint - Likely ET64 U.S. Uniforms freely sold arms to both

freely sold arms to both sides

with a 1st Army patch above an extremely rare CAC unit patch

Although the firing ahead had been in progress for quite a time

There is some scattered light oxidation staining throughout both sides

The exterior shows signs of wear from decades in storage (surface cracking and crazing)

Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Shell with Faint Panel Camouflage Paint - Likely ET64 U.S. Uniforms freely sold arms to bothOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice likely battlefield pickup 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 which was used on both sides of WWI. The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains about 40% of its original hand painted camouflage paint. This was painted over the original field gray paint, so this is visible in areas