Netherlands Dutch M38 Steel Helmet Stahlhelm PRE WWII 1938-40
Dutch M38 helmet, a type of military helmet used by the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL). The helmet’s design is a descendant of the earlier Dutch M34 helmet. This M38 helmet was manufactured by the Milwaukee Saddlery Company (Milsco) in the USA for the KNIL, and these can be identified by the absence of a frontal badge. After the Dutch capitulation in World War II, some of these helmets were captured and reused by German forces. That appears to be the case here. Measures 11.25 front to back. 9.25 widest point. Comes from a WWII veteran who served in France with George Patton’s 3rd army armored division. Great piece of history.