M-35 Luftschutz beaded Helmet. This is a very nice and somewhat rare genuine steel construction M35 "Beaded" Third Reich helmet, outfitted for German WWII Luftschutz Civil Air Defense use. These helmets were essentially like the Military issue, however the steel was not as thick or as high quality. They were given a "bead" around the center, to avoid mixing them up with the military version. Normally the Luftschutz civil air defense were issued the “Gladiator” style helmets. Liner size is double stamped “54”, with no drawstring. the side of the interior of the shell is marked “EF62” for the manufacture “Eisenhuttenwerke - Thale” and shell size of 62 (unusally small) and batch number in the rear of the skirt is a VERY early “02” The black leather chinstrap is in excellent condition, but may not be original WW2. Overall an Excellent++ example.

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