Austria-Hungary, Empire. An M17 Stahlhelm, with Bleckmann Mill Mark Newly Listed he was in the French

he was in the French theatre as a Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant with the Divisional Mounted Cavalry (Troops)

maker marked "FOERSTER & BARTH PFORZHEIM" and marked "M9/7" (Foerster & Barth

1943 and signed by a Colonel and Regiment Commander

minor spots of rust

Austria-Hungary, Empire. An M17 Stahlhelm, with Bleckmann Mill Mark Newly Listed he was in the French(sterreichischer Stahlhelm M17). An extremely well preserved Austro Hungarian M17 Stahlhelm (steel helmet), constructed of a single sheet of magnetic molybdenum steel which retains the vast majority of its original olive drab brown Isonzo braun paint. Five domed rivets are distributed around the outer circumference for the accommodation of the interior fixtures, while the crown is also flanked by protruding lugs for the accommodation of a Stirnpanzer,