WWI Austrian helmet

[Wartime Collectables]

Hoping someone can give me a bit of detail as to the markings on this helmet and the exact pattern. Thanks!!!

Austrian pattern helmet

[Paul R]

That is a really nice one! I love the markings!

[Chip]

I can't tell you the exact pattern, but if it is a WWI shell, then it looks like a total postwar retrofit. Repainted, remarked, new liner and chinstrap. I did not see any manufacture marks on the shell, so I cannot say for sure. Perhaps it is a total postwar helmet. All I can say for sure is that it is not a helmet that would have been used in WWI as it is now.

Chip

[Wartime Collectables]

The liner looks right to me for WWI and it's definitly vintage. But yes, the markings seem odd to me and I can't find any shell markings. I'm looking on the interior of the neck flange.

[Chip]

I'm no language expert, but those markings look like Czech to me. Plzen is Pilsen in today's Czech Republic. So these are definitely postwar markings, which makes the paint job postwar. There is nothing WWI about this helmet that I can see, not even the liner.

Chip

[Paul R]

Darn,

I thought that this was some special maker. I did not know that the Czechs used them.

[isonzo]

Hello,

it is NOT an Austrian, it is a Czech helmet.

Greetings

isonzo

[Wartime Collectables]

Hello,

it is NOT an Austrian, it is a Czech helmet.

Greetings

isonzo

I posted it because I thought the markings were somewhat unusual and I don't doubt that you gents are correct. But I'm curious how the liner differs from the Austrian one as it's identical to those I found a few stahlhelm pages?