Austrian WWI Berndorfer Helmet

Austrian WWI Berndorfer Helmet

Distinctive shaped Austrian designed helmet body retains ~40% earth brown finish blended with a mellow patina on the worn areas, with top ventilation disc and correct rear projecting liner band screw.  Interior has metal liner band with three brown leather liner pads, several of which exhibit old (quite possibly period) repairs of two fingers of one pad that had at one time torn through.  All have steel grommets in the 'fingers' which have oxidized but remain intact.  Helmet is complete with the thick linen adjustable Austrian style chinstrap with metal cam buckle and leather reinforcements.  Chinstrap is stained and worn, but intact.  Reverse interior skirt has the Berndorf bear logo stamp and size "66".  Original Austrian pattern helmets by Berndorf Steelworks have always been scarce, but have become quite rare over the past few decades.

$4000 - $6000