General Information: After the First World War, the Republic of Austria equipped the Polizei of Vienna and the gendarmerie in other parts of the country with German style steel helmets (see: Austrian Gendarme). The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) prohibited the use of steel helmets for use by forces other than the Austrian federal army.[1] DespiteContinue reading “Polizei/Gendarme Reissue”
Category Archives: Stahlhelm Postwar
Colombian M16 Clone
$695 ON HOLD
Reichswehr
$1,795
Transitional
$1,595 (Note: The helmet for sale is the on in the second, lower set of gallery photos.)
Latvian/German M17*
$1,095 SOLD
Yugoslavian M17*
Updated June 6, 2025 General Information: After the end of World War One armed forces of the newly created Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929) used stocks of helmets acquired from former Austro-Hungarian depots in Croatia, Slovenia, and Vojvodina. These were mostly Austro-Hungarian M17 German model helmets, but someContinue reading “Yugoslavian M17*”
German M16 Reissue*
$995
SOLD
Czechoslovakian vz.20
$945
Bulgarian M17*
$595 SOLD
Norwegian M18 Reissue*
General Information: Norwegian armed forces reused helmets and other equipment left behind by surrendering German forces at the end of the Second World War. Most of the reissued helmets were the Model 1935/40/42 type, but some were World War One Model 1916/17/18 type that were reissued to German soldiers during World War Two. The NorwegiansContinue reading “Norwegian M18 Reissue*”
Steel Helmets of the World Wars 