M35 #7 cotton type and the leather

cotton type and the leather is said to be calfskin

There was a hole stamped in the front centre of shell

new neck strap and an original unissued leather chinstrap

was in its third configuration

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

M35 #7 cotton type and the leatherM35 #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