Original WWII Italian Regia Marina Navy M33 Helmet with Interesting Painted Naval Unit Insignia - Torn Liner & Chinstrap Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets but appears to begin with

but appears to begin with a 925A

Made around 1855 these were principally supplied to the Parisian Market from where many were shipped to the United States before the Civil War

It was certainly American-made for a Brown Bess musket

There is no maker mark we can see

which especially alienated the anti-clerical Germans

Original WWII Italian Regia Marina Navy M33 Helmet with Interesting Painted Naval Unit Insignia - Torn Liner & Chinstrap Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets but appears to begin withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M33 Helmet (Elmetto Mod. 33 in Italian) is a steel combat helmet designed in the 1930s in Italy, and was the standard combat helmet of the Regio Esercito up to World War II, and of the Esercito Italiano well into the Cold War. Designed by Nicola Leszl for the Mussolini Government, these have become extremely hard to find on the collectors market today, especially WWII examples that have not been refurbished. This