Austrian M-75

**gaz232sqn** · 01-17-2010, 11:56 AM

Here's some more helmet's from my collection,first set of 3 pic's An Austrian M-75 otherwise known as a Stahlhelm 1, and the next 2 pic's an Austrian M-58 or Stahlhelm 2, strange how the model catageries, are back to front!, i would have thought the M58 would be the Stahlhelm 1,etc.

A lot of people tend to buy these helmets, respray them to look like US M1's, i think they look great as they are.

Cheers
Gaz.

**merluzza** · 02-07-2010, 01:19 PM

Here you can see the first version of the M-58 liner:

US Stahlhelm M1 Innenhelm steel helmet liner casco bei eBay.de: 1918-1945 (endet 16.02.10 20:07:18 MEZ)

**gaz232sqn** · 02-07-2010, 01:41 PM

by merluzza

Here you can see the first version of the M-58 liner:

US Stahlhelm M1 Innenhelm steel helmet liner casco bei eBay.de: 1918-1945 (endet 16.02.10 20:07:18 MEZ)

Hi Merluzza

That's useful, thanks mate.

Gaz

**battle gear** · 07-04-2011, 06:05 PM

I just picked up this Austrian M-58 at the local flea market

the shell is the first model made in Austria by U SCH - 57 with original dark field grey paint finish and the US style hardware for the chin straps

made in 1957 by:

Heinrich Ulbricht's Witwe, Schwanenstadt (Austrian helmet manufacturer)

came with Austrian helmet net and the M-58 grey plastic liner with US style webbing with grey leather headband.

**MySonsDad** · 10-08-2011, 03:11 PM

I'm on the prowl for one of these. Spotted one a month or so back, sitting up on a shelf of an antique store disguised as as USMC K-POT. Had to pull the k-pot camo cover off to discover what it was. Might go back and see if it is still on the shelf this weekend. I think it's the later model however, plastic liner and liner clips, probably not worth much but we'll see what we can do.

**Reibert** · 10-08-2011, 03:57 PM

Nice helmets.

As I served in the Austrian Bundesheer, we even had helmets, left by the US ! ...

Here´s a U.SCH.58 showing the camo helmet cover, made of non further used, (weeded), camo uniforms and camo ponchos.
This helmet-cover was not "officially" purchased in the Austrian Bundesheer, but "Army tailorings" manufactured them and obtained the paper pattern from the Heeresbekleidungs-Anstalt, (Army clothing department).

Austriaco M