Stahlhelm

Evolution of the German Steel Helmet, Revised and Expanded

Floyd R. Tubbs

• Publisher: The Kent State University Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781631011542
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Perhaps the most easily recognized military helmet of the 20th century is the German Stahlhel. In the revised and expanded edition of this classic, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert w. Clawson identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history, designs, features, and uses.

No single nation has produced such a wide variety of helmets as did Germany in the early part of the last century, from civil defense to fire and police forces to airborne forces. Though based on the same concept, each model, design, and variation was constructed with a specific purpose, with the shapes for the helmets differing, the metals occuring in various weights, and the strengths and qualities and the liners being unique to each category.

As the only book on the German combat helmet currently in print, this edition, with its detailed drawings and illustrative photographs, will appeal to the collector as well as the military historian.

APPENDIX
	German Helmets

M-16 WWI helmet. Field Green. Side vent lug. Note: Bottom rivet is location for strap connection lug.

M-17/18 WWI helmet. Field green. Side frontal plate lug. Strap connected to liner band and omits strap lug. Note: Absence of rivet.

M-18 special cutout WWI helmet. Field green. Side vent lug. Cutout in ear guard. M-17/18 liner and strap.

WWI camouflage pattern on an M-16 German helmet.

German frontal plate. Field green. Shown on German helmet with a replacement strap.

WWI helmet cover. Grey cloth with leather reinforcement around the lughole. String for tying in back.

Frei Korps helmet. A leftover M-17/18 German helmet with a large white painted swastika in upright position.

Reichwehr helmet, Bayern. Leftover Austrian model with a white and blue painted Bavarian shield on the left side.

Austrian WWI helmet. Field brown color. Side frontal plate lug. Bottom rivet shows position of strap connection.

Austrian Berndorfer M-17 WWI. Field brown color. Front view shows crimp in front visor.

Austrian Berndorfer WWI (side view). Note the absence of side frontal plate lugs. This connection is located on the extreme top, with breather holes.

Berndorfer frontal plate. Field brown color.

WWI Turkish helmet. Visorless, grey-green color.

M-18 Turkish helmet. Rolled edge.

Hungary, late WWI. Green. Note the rivet location behind the lug.

Austrian border guard. Postwar green helmet. WWI style but has screen vents instead of lugs. Aluminum badge on left side.

German SA helmet. Red and gold decal on the right side of a former Austrian Berndorfer M-17 helmet.

Left side of SA Berndorfer helmet. Red and gold eagle on field-brown helmet.

SA Luftschutz thr...