German battle damaged M42 steel helmet with decal and green paintwork remains,belonging to a soldier of the 14th Panzer Division recovered near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front

This is a German battle damaged M42 steel helmet with decal. The helmet which has no leather liner left but it has a lot of its original green paintwork very clear to see on the outside and on the inside also on has remains the eagle decal the bottom part of it is there but does have rust damage with a few small rust holes and has a large battle damage crack and hole in the top. The helmet has been very well cleaned and preserved these helmets are very rare to find with the amount of paintwork it is overall in a very good and solid condition not braking up or falling apart at all and is perfect for display or any collection and so very rare to get in this condition with so much paintwork. This helmet belonging to a soldier of the 14th Panzer Division recovered near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front in Russia it comes with a pair of A5 laminated information cards.

The Battle of Kalach took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942. The Soviets deployed the 62nd and 64th Armies in a Don River bridgehead west of Kalach with the intent of impeding the German advance on Stalingrad which they managed to do for a few weeks before they were destroyed or captured by the German 6th Army then they advanced to Stalingrad.