The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German Army Model 1916 steel helmet painted in fieldgrey (grey-green) and complete with brown leather headband and a three-piece, two-tongue liner with a leather drawstring. There are fabric pockets filled with horsehair, each with a cotton tie, behind each of the liner pads. The shell has been punctured, apparently by shrapnel, and there is corresponding damage to one the liner pouches. Stamped in black ink on the inside of the rear apron of the helmet, is '68' [the size] and 'AK' [an acceptance mark]. There are dried deposits of mud on the interior of the crown and there is rust and accretion on the apron around the liner. The chin strap is missing.
Pierced German steel helmet worn by a German soldier killed from a head wound near 'Remus' Woods near Zonnebeke on Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, on 4th October 1917.
German Army Model 1916 steel helmet painted in fieldgrey (grey-green) and complete with a pair of ventilation lugs, chinstrap attachment rivets, brown leather headband and a three-piece, two-tongue li
German Model 1916 steel helmet. The helmet is painted field grey. The liner, pads, leather headband, metal liner band and rivets are missing. A pair of ventilating lugs on either side of the helmet al
German Model 1917 steel helmet with leather liner. The helmet is painted field grey and has a significant dent on the front of the shell. Three sections of leather spaced equidistant around the inside
Grey green German Model 1917 steel helmet with leather liner pads intact. The cream leather liner pads are attached to the pressed steel liner band which is attached to the helmet by three rivets. The
German Model 1918 steel helmet with leather liner and chinstrap. The helmet has cut-out ear sections in the brim to assist hearing. The exterior and interior are painted in an overall grey green colou
German Model 1916 steel helmet with leather liner and chinstrap. The exterior of the helmet has been camouflaged, after July 1918, in geometric blocks of green, tan and brown paint, separated by black
