M40 #29 a leather drawstring and attached

a leather drawstring and attached chinstrap brackets

The shell cleaned up very nicely

The shell has not rusted through at all

The leather is ink marked as size 59 (59cm head size)

This helmet has its original

M40 #29 a leather drawstring and attachedM40 #29 Shell: The shell is an original WW2 Model 1940 example. As is often the case with relic helmets, the factory stamps appear when the helmet is stripped back to bare metal. The very faint factory stamp of SE62 could just be seen. SE denotes the maker as being Sachsische Emaillerwerk, Lauter, Germany and 62 as the shell size, 62cm. The lot number also faintly appeared and looked to be 4477. Though this shell was quite rust affected, it is solid