Original Finnish Winter War Era Model 1940 “Wartsila” Steel Helmet - Complete British Replica The knob and chain loop

The knob and chain loop are still the standard silver

and approximately 6 ¾” tall

The RLB was organized by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association

construction specifically for the Water Jackets but also other components such as the Fusee Spring Covers however many ideas never got off "the drawing board" as advances in tactics and technology often made the "improvements" redundant

To the left of this is the emblem of the U

Original Finnish Winter War Era Model 1940 “Wartsila” Steel Helmet - Complete British Replica The knob and chain loopOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now this is a rather rare helmet from WWII! When it comes to Finnish M40 we immediately think of the German style M40 helmet the Finns produced, not this one. The Finn M40, commonly referred to as the Wartsila was copied from the Swedish M37, was produced under license at Wartsila Oy and Kone ja Silta. Nearly 67,000 were manufactured during WWII. These differed from the Swedish M37 by having a "W" stamp in the rear