Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Spanish Helmets After release from the aerial

After release from the aerial dispenser

The rest of the patch is absolutely lovely and the colors are retained very well

but the first that could accept either an impact or a delay fuse

and was simplified

we cannot see any trace of the rolling mill stamping

Original German WWII Single Decal M-38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Shell with Relic Liner Band - ET71 Spanish Helmets After release from the aerialOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely service used example of an early WWII German M 38 Fallschirmjger "Single Decal" Helmet Shell, complete with a "relic" condition steel liner band. It definitely looks to have seen long service during the war, and unfortunately the chinstraps and all of the leather and rubber components of the liner rotted away long ago. This is an early model M 38 with 2nd Pattern Liner Band fitted to the shell by the