Original Imperial German WWI M1916 Shrapnel-Damaged Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by U.S. Soldier with Address on Detached Liner Pads - Stamped BF 64 Sten Gun so there is a lot

so there is a lot of surface rust on the exterior

Starting life probably in the late 1930s as an Air Cooled MG 15 Luftwaffe Machinegun used in Junker Bombers etc these were transferred to ground use for the Eastern Front some time after 1942

and black flower cockade

Samuel Troy Hooks Jr

and the belt shortened by approximately 6 inches

Original Imperial German WWI M1916 Shrapnel-Damaged Stahlhelm Helmet Sent Home by U.S. Soldier with Address on Detached Liner Pads - Stamped BF 64 Sten Gun so there is a lotOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an excellent example of a World War One bring back trophy helmet which was sent home as a souvenir by a soldier of the American Expeditionary Force. The helmet has very heavy shrapnel damage and is missing the chinstrap. All three liner pads have disconnected from the band but they are still retained, and the send home information is written on all three pads. The pads are inscribed: George W. Skinner Route B