A Battlefield Recovered Single Decal Ss M40 Helmet certificate_of_authenticity and kept good W/T contact

and kept good W/T contact with the ground until 02

Marks on the scabbard

Hythe on the post side

From April 1943 through to October 1945

obverse with an Iron Cross 1939 in a circle in the centre

A Battlefield Recovered Single Decal Ss M40 Helmet certificate_of_authenticity and kept good W/T contactSteel helmet, magnetic, rolled edge, air vents on either side, with black and white SS decal on the right side. The inside comes complete with its original nine panel black finished leather liner, each panel with five ventilation holes and a hole at the tip housing a black shoe string that replaces its originally issued drawstring, eight of the tip holes with a circular reinforcement on the underside, the ends of the liner originally stitched together