Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Shell with Panel Camouflage Paint - Named - Marked Si66 - With Painted Pickup Location Russian Uniforms Turkey adopted the British water

Turkey adopted the British water cooled Vickers Machine Gun in the 1920s and with war looming all over Europe in the late 1930s asked for a further quantity of 1

Can also be found in the Library of Congress at this link

the reverse of the cross guard has been personalized with an monogram of two interlocking letter H's

and remained in the same "hands" ever since

some of which near the lock is now absent

Original German WWI M16 Stahlhelm Helmet Shell with Panel Camouflage Paint - Named - Marked Si66 - With Painted Pickup Location Russian Uniforms Turkey adopted the British waterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of an original WWI German M16 Helmet, with a very nice "paneled" camouflage paint scheme, with pickup location painted inside the reverse flared rim of the helmet. This was a very popular type of camouflage used on both sides of WWI. The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains about 60% of its original hand painted camouflage paint. This was painted over the original field gray