Austria-Hungary, Empire. An M17 Stahlhelm, with Bleckmann Mill Mark Hold A 1914 Iron Cross II

A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Award Document to Major Lieber of the 3rd Grenadier Regiment of King Friedrich Wilhelm I

vacationing

marked "RZM" (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M4/87" (Matthias Salcher & Söhne

He was transferred to the front in May 1942

Austria-Hungary, Empire. An M17 Stahlhelm, with Bleckmann Mill Mark Hold A 1914 Iron Cross II(sterreichischer Stahlhelm M17). An extremely well preserved Austro Hungarian M17 Stahlhelm (steel helmet), constructed of a single sheet of magnetic molybdenum steel which retains the vast majority of its original olive drab brown Isonzo braun paint. Five domed rivets are distributed around the outer circumference for the accommodation of the interior fixtures, while the crown is also flanked by protruding lugs for the accommodation of a Stirnpanzer,