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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*”

Austrian M17*

General Information: After the First World War the newly independent country of Austria continued to produce Austro-Hungarian Model 1917 type helmets. These helmets were nearly identical to their wartime counterparts. A quick differentiator for the collector is that the earlier helmets had cloth chinstraps whereas the later versions had leather chinstraps. The thick headed rearContinue reading “Austrian M17*”