Hi guys,
I just acquired this near mint double-decal black Allgemeine-SS/SS-VT M16 helmet. It is a WW1 Austrian shell M16 with a reworked mid-1930's three pad liner and chinstrap....typical of the SS helmets from this period. Interestingly, the liner is stamped "1934" on one of the inner tongues.
This helmet appears in Kelly Hick's first volume of "SS Helmets - A Collector's Guide" on pages 39, 40 and 41. It also graces page 51 of Kelly's "SS Steel". My friend Shu will recognize this helmet as it used to reside with him in Japan up until a few years ago.
Hope you like...
