Strange shaped stahlhelm?

[dave8888]

Hi, I was browsing the net to try and find a similar ww1 German helmet that I have in my collection.

I have never had any luck in finding one the same shape until I read an old post on here which had a lot of photos and descriptions. This one looks like the one I have: link below:-

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/41626-german-austrian-turkish-bulgarian-steel-helmets/

14th photo down....

Officer of Austrian Kaiserjäger Sturmbataillon, wearing an experimental German Stahlhelm M.1918 with a sloping brow:

I was wondering if you know any more of the history of this helmet, it's extremely different shape to the normal helmets.

Someone told me mine might be an early pre production model but this photo and description of yours dates it at 1918.

Any help greatly appreciated,

Thanks,

David.

[Hoss]

Hi David

The helmet posted by Thomas is an M16 rare variant not M18 so is the one in my '85 Ludwig Baer book, quote [ It may have been tested in the field for wear with the gas mask, as it gave greater clearance between the forehead and the visor, or worn in trench warfare conditions where the greater frontal angle provided additional projectile deflection] unquote.

If anyone has a model 1918 of this helmet I'd love to see it.

Regards

Eric

[dave8888]

Thanks for your reply.

I posted some pics on another forum :- link

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=179091

Regards,

David

[Chris Boonzaier]

I notice, looking at my helmets, that the really small ones look like "variants" of another kind when you compare them to larger ones... the dimensions are very different giving them a slightly different form.

[dave8888]

Hi chris, the one pictured is a large size , 66 up I'd say.

You can tell its a variant by the way the front visor is formed.