m1975 stalhlhelm 1

[James C]

Hi folks just to show my latest lid an austrian m1975 It's in the US m1 style 2 part construction of steel helmet and plastic liner IS dated 1981

[António Fragoeiro]

Very cool.
James, You have great helmets.
Cheers.
Nuno

[oradour]

James...great stahlhelm ! notice the "German" style liner within the liner !
Prost ! Steve.

[moaning minnie]

very nice once again james,cheers dave.

[James C]

cheers nuno and MM i agree steve i can see the similarity between liners of this helmet and my bundeswehr m60 i wonder if the Hans Römer Co played a part in this design and also i notice the chinstrap and catches look very similar the plot thickens ,thanks james

[37Webbing]

The chinstrap on the shell looks exactly similar to the chinstrap on my Swedish un-issued M/37-65 helmet.

[James C]

Just a small update ,not an official helmet cover as such though

[battle gear]

looks like the liner is missing the wide web suspension straps that go under the leather?

[Opex]

looks like the liner is missing the wide web suspension straps that go under the leather?

Well spotted BG, the liner should have the green nylon webbing beneath the leather suspension.

[Opex]

Very nice example of the Pea Pattern cover James,look's great.

Some information you might find useful which I found on the web "In 1995 the Heeresbekleidungsanstalt (HBA) officially released a document with sewing instructions, allowing the use of old surplus tent parts (Zeltbahn) and other discarded camouflage material as material for helmet covers."

Source Austrian helmet covers