WW2 German M35 Apple Green Army Helmet

A WW2 German army steel combat helmet of the M35 model in apple green paint & with both decals removed as per wartime regulations.
Much of its original factory apple green still remains to the helmet with all of its ' IKA39' marked & dated liner pins intact & unmolested. The outline of the national shield can be seen where it once sat to the right side , these were ordered removed in March 1940 . No trace of the army decal remains these having been ordered removed in 1942 .
Interior of the helmet has the early aluminium reinforced band , this is maker marked & dated 1939. The marking 'Q64' to the rim underside denotes a Quist made size 64 . Leather liner is textbook with partially legible soldiers name handwritten to both sides.
A very early apple green German combat helmet that has seen action from the early stages of WW2 . Some fine age peppering in places.

Code: 13068