AUSTRO HUNGARIAN WWI COMBAT HELMET.

A rare Austro Hungarian Berndorfer made combat helmet, the helmet has the Bear marking and the size ‘64’ lightly and faintly stamped into the inner rear skirt. The exterior of the helmet retains at least 75% of the original Austro Hungarian brown paint finish. There is a slight crack to the left hand side of the shell as the shell is viewed, from battle damage. To the interior the helmet still retains its canvas chinstrap, which is rusty and frail, it also retains all three of its inner leather three pad liner , all three inner horsehair pads are complete, . Traces of an owner’s name hand applied to one of the leather liner pads. A rare helmet.

Code: 88774