General Information: From its inception, the German Model 1916 steel helmet was designed to accommodate an additional piece of protective armor called a Stirnpanzer (“forehead armor”). Because of the heavy weight of the stirnpanzers (1.2 kg), they were intended to be used only in special circumstances such as for trench fighting or forward observers.[1] InContinue reading “Stirnpanzer*”
Tag Archives: M16
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.)
Portuguese M16*
$595 SOLD
German M16 Reissue*
$995
SOLD
Finnish German M16 Post-WWII
$395
Afghan*
updated 5/29/2025 General Information: The Afghan army equipped soldiers with reissued German First World War helmets starting in the 1930s. They used a variety of German manufactured types including M16, M17, M18, and M18 ear cut out types. They also used Austro-Hungarian M17 and postwar Czechoslovakian vz20s.[1] These helmets were affixed with a badge consisting ofContinue reading “Afghan*”
German M18 Clone: Foreign Reissue
$775
Lithuanian M16/17*
$995 SOLD
Steel Helmets of the World Wars 