Hello to all. I have an M-17 helmet. It was bought 8 years ago in an antique shop at a cheap price, as a modern restoration of the original helmet. I'm not really an expert, but recently I decided to read the forums and as I understood this is the original Austrian police helmet, which was in the service of the Austrian police somewhere from the 20s to the 50s. On the left side of the helmet, below the horn, there are two holes (I think they are from austrian gendarmerie flaming grenade insigna). The top layer of paint is dark green, under it is gray. The liner is strange, probably an austrian police post ww2 liner . There are remnants third reich police decals. Only one stamp I found on this helmet - letter S inside the sphere. There is also a fake ss stamp on the liner. Please tell me whether I am right or not about this helmet ?
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