Original German WWII Austrian M17 Battle Damaged Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with 57cm Liner Category_MG 34 Mounts It had numerous owners and

It had numerous owners and was passed down in a family for generations:

The barrel is the correct shorter 27 inch version

This fine example dates between anywhere between 1900 and the First World War (1918)

and a patina similar to the rest of the handle

The "T C" stands for Transportation Corps

Original German WWII Austrian M17 Battle Damaged Transitional Heer Army Single Decal Helmet with 57cm Liner Category_MG 34 Mounts It had numerous owners andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Austria Hungary purchased about 416,000 German helmets from November 1916 until the end of the war, and also began its own licensed production starting in May 1917. Around a million Stahlhelm of all variants were issued until the end of the war. The Austrian M17 helmet was similar to the German M16 but was colored golden brown (known as Isonzo braun), had a cloth chinstrap and had the chinstrap rivet located higher