A new addition to my collection but what is it ?

[Russellm]

Hello everyone,

I have bought this helmet recently on a bit of an impulse buy, I think its WW1 era but confused around irish ? vickers ? etc or possibly transitional ??

and is the paint genuine ? why is it green underneath ?

After much research and not many answers your help would be greatly appreciated.

[roger9344]

Well, it looks like either German or Austrian, WW1, with some paint of unknown origin. Nice looking relic, from what I can tell. To me, it would look good in my collection, as I don't yet have a WW1 lid. But then, WW1 is not really my area, so wait for other, better opinions.