Original German WWII M40 Single Decal Luftwaffe Helmet with 1940 Dated Size 59 Liner & Chinstrap - ET66 Russian Field Gear Steel scabbard has a pleasing

Steel scabbard has a pleasing bright polish and is adorned with one ring mount and a brass drag

formed around a nucleus from the 3rd Battalion (division reserve) of the 501st

The rear sight is present and complete

evidently used by a Japanese soldier or put on by the USGI who brought it home

Both horse and rider fell in

Original German WWII M40 Single Decal Luftwaffe Helmet with 1940 Dated Size 59 Liner & Chinstrap - ET66 Russian Field Gear Steel scabbard has a pleasingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice all original example Model 1940 German WWII helmet with a single Luftwaffe Eagle decal and size 59cm liner, as well as an intact chinstrap. This stamped sheet steel construction helmet still retains most of the original lightly textured Luftwaffe Fliegerblau (flyer's blue) paint, which utilized aluminum oxide as a texturing agent. There is scuffing to the paint and some worked in dirt,