M35 #7 new neck strap and an

new neck strap and an original unissued leather chinstrap

The liner may be leather or some synthetic material

primed then painted in grey-green with a textured outer per 1940 specifications

There was a hole stamped in the front centre of shell

primed then painted in olive-drab with a coarse outer texture

M35 #7 new neck strap and anM35 #7 Shell: The shell is an original WWII Model 1935 type. It is stamped as an ET62 inside the flare near the left ear. This mark denotes the manufacturer as Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale and the shell size as 62cms. I think that the helmet, when acquired, was in its third configuration. The first would have been its wartime production type, then it would have been mounted with a comb of some type due to the three repaired holes (front, top and rear). The