Original Imperial German WWI Refurbished M18 WWI Hand Painted Camouflage Helmet - Stamped W64 MG 42 marked 3" DUMMY CARTRIDGE MK

marked 3" DUMMY CARTRIDGE MK

The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns

" During this time leather fire-fighting helmets were slowly replaced with a combination of surplus World War I model steel helmets and privately manufactured versions in the “Austrian” pattern shell

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It reads around the top the stein:

Original Imperial German WWI Refurbished M18 WWI Hand Painted Camouflage Helmet - Stamped W64 MG 42 marked 3" DUMMY CARTRIDGE MKOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fine example of totally original Model M18 M 1918 German WWI large size 66 helmet shell. The shell is stamped W64 indicating that Hermann Weissenberger & Co. Stuttgart Cannstadt manufactured it. Size 66 is a nice large size that can accommodate liners from 58cm to 60cm or US 7 1 4 to 7 1 2. Size 66 shells are always hard to find and are therefore more valuable to a collector. This helmet has the following