M35 #7 British manufactured MkII shell with

British manufactured MkII shell with a stainless-steel banded edge

cotton type and the leather is said to be calfskin

A 1938 acceptance stamp has been applied to the inner dome

primed then painted in olive-drab with a coarse outer texture

Australian made

M35 #7 British manufactured MkII shell withM35 #7 Shell: The shell is an original WWII Model 1935 type. It is stamped as an ET62 inside the flare near the left ear. This mark denotes the manufacturer as Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale and the shell size as 62cms. I think that the helmet, when acquired, was in its third configuration. The first would have been its wartime production type, then it would have been mounted with a comb of some type due to the three repaired holes (front, top and rear). The