GERMAN WWII ARMY M40 MATT FINISH PREVIOUSLY WIRE COVERED COMBAT HELMET Desirable silk lining to the

Desirable silk lining to the interior

complete with its Luftwaffe enlisted ranks machine embroidered eagle and matching cockade

black shoulder boards visible with runic collar patch

Complete to the interior is the large version of the DAF RZM label

fitted with its gilded national eagle

GERMAN WWII ARMY M40 MATT FINISH PREVIOUSLY WIRE COVERED COMBAT HELMET Desirable silk lining to theA good M40 army combat helmet, the shell having a secondary brush applied, a matt grey finish, then having a cradle of wire attached, which has since disappeared from the helmet, leaving the outline of the wire cradle visible. It is difficult to observe the size of the shell because of the brush applied heavy grade paint, the leather liner is all intact however the stitching holding the two halves of the liner together has degraded and split the liner