Original German WWII Netherlands Battlefield Pickup Shot-through M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Military Equipment Measures approximately 10" long x

Measures approximately 10" long x 5" wide x 10" tall

This is from an old helmet collection we recently purchased

and has an excellent bore with clear lands and grooves

and has surface rust much like the hilt

Original German WWII Netherlands Battlefield Pickup Shot-through M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Paratrooper Helmet Military Equipment Measures approximately 10" long xOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a genuine "Battlefield Pickup" example of a German WWII M38 Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger (Paratrooper) Helmet. It was recovered some time after the war in Lichtenvoorde, a small town in the eastern Netherlands. The helmet had lain for some time undisturbed, so all of the original rigging and liner are completely absent, and it is now just a shell. Amazingly, there is still some of the original paint present, mostly on