Questsion about German WW1 Helmet-Horns

[Adravor]

Hello Forum,
I have a Question: Why do German WW2 M16 Helmets, have different "Horns" on them i´ve seen two types:

The Type where the Horns are alone:


And the Type where there is a certain border between Helmet and Horn:


Is it depending on the maker? Is one version early and the other one later and its just categorised as the same Type?

Thank you very much for you Answers,
A.

[AZPhil]

From what I have learned on this fine site ,is that they have different air vent lugs because of the size of the helm.

Semper Fi
Phil

[Adravor]

Thank you very much for the Quick response!

[Tinhat]

The step on the lug is on the smaller size helmets and I believe is to keep the mounting for the 'sniper' plate standard across all helmet shell sizes.

[Adravor]

Ah, that makes sense, thank you also very much.