Germany, Heer. A Rare Medic’s M40 Stahlhelm, Unit-Attributed Example, by Eisenhüttenwerke Thale Hold enamel chipping on the shield

enamel chipping on the shield

Major Semelmaker retired after more than twenty years' service on December 31

The blade's reverse ricasso is etched with the Original Eickhorn Solingen maker mark

two moth holes evident to the left of the shield

said to be the occasion of his receipt of the Knight’s Cross (awarded 16 October 1944) on 23 October

Germany, Heer. A Rare Medic’s M40 Stahlhelm, Unit-Attributed Example, by Eisenhüttenwerke Thale Hold enamel chipping on the shield(Heer Stahlhelm M40 fr Sanitter). A rare and well preserved Heer medics M40 Stahlhelm, constructed of a magnetic molybdenum steel shell. The exterior retains a wartime applied layer of white paint, defaced across the forehead and back of the crown with red Geneva Crosses, situated over its original, factory applied, apple green base. Three rivets are distributed around the outer circumference to secure the interior fixtures in place, while the crown