RD4952.)GERMAN WWII M40 STEEL HELMET: genuine M40 steel helmet that was reconditioned and reissued by Norway in the later 1940's. Has a smooth field gray finish with mild wear around the rim. Mild age and wear to the finish which is all but intact. With brown leather liner, soft and supple and intact. Rear seam is strongly stitched and has all of its round leather washers on fingers. Size ink stamped '56'. Underside of shell's skirt is marked with German wartime maker's code and size 'SE66' and with production code at rear '0087'. Brown leather chin strap -- soft and supple and intact -- is the 1940's Norwegian type (very similar to the WWII German). With German army cloth camouflage cover, the zeltbahn splinter patter type. Has white underside. Has cloth strips machine sewn to outside of cover for additional foliage. Cover is properly constructed of five separate panels all machine sewn together. EXC++++