GERMAN WWII KRIEGSMARINE M.40 HELMET 16 all leather liner is

16 all leather liner is with all of its original three leather pads

Fitted into its unnumbered scabbard and fitted with an excellent condition tropical web frog

showing only light storage wear consistent with age

and a single rank pip to the right-side tab

Sgt Joyce was killed in action on 22 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

GERMAN WWII KRIEGSMARINE M.40 HELMET 16 all leather liner isSE64 size shell, batch number 1131. The helmet was originally issued presumably as a single decal navy helmet; the outline of the decal can be seen, and it has been overpainted in a battleship grey. Good coverage of paint, some minor losses as can be seen on our web images, but a genuine Kriegsmarine helmet. The main section of the chinstrap is complete, and the short section is broken but still present. The liner is complete, wear use evident with