Original U.S. WWII Named Engineer Painted M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Matched Firestone Liner - Lieutenant Painter - Excellent MG 42 Accessories Flakfinder set German type w/parts

Flakfinder set German type w/parts

having come out of an officer's mess in India

featuring the Communist Red Star

The hat is roughly a Size 6¾

providing a remarkable visual connection between the surviving uniform item and its wartime owner

Original U.S. WWII Named Engineer Painted M1 Schlueter Fixed Bale Front Seam Helmet with Matched Firestone Liner - Lieutenant Painter - Excellent MG 42 Accessories Flakfinder set German type w/partsOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding untouched example of an early 1943 Schlueter M1 helmet & matching Firestone liner worn by a Lieutenant Painter of the Engineers. We havent been able to identify Painter, making for a very exciting research project. Schlueter began production of its M 1 helmet shells in January 1943. Schlueter produced only 2,000,000 M 1 helmet shells during the war (both fixed and swivel). They placed an S stamp on