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General Information: The army of the Irish Free State used the Model 1927 helmet from 1927 to 1939. After this period, the helmets were painted white and issued to the Civil Defense forces. The helmets were copies of the German Model 1916. The famous British firm, Vickers, manufactured 10,021 of the M27s. Vickers used lowContinue reading “Irish M27”