Germany, Third Reich. A Luftschutz Gladiator Helmet, Three-Piece Version by Paul Diener Archive 1959 and awarded for personal

1959 and awarded for personal merit and service to the nation

and in January 1916 during an observation flight

the obverse bearing a central gilded medallion overlaid by a leftward-facing profile of Duke Ernst I

the one underside in forest green wool with an bluish-green wool strap

47mm(w) x 60

Germany, Third Reich. A Luftschutz Gladiator Helmet, Three-Piece Version by Paul Diener Archive 1959 and awarded for personal(Luftschutz Stahlhelm). A well preserved Luftschutz Stahlhelm (steel helmet), constructed of multiple panels of magnetic molybdenum steel and retaining the vast majority of its original dark slate grey paint. Three rivets are distributed around the outer circumference for the accommodation of the interior fixtures, while the crown is flanked on each side by dual sets of ventilation holes consisting of seven eyelets each. The peak retains a mostly