Solid condition relic German soldiers M40 steel helmet with green paintwork remains recovered from Seelow Heights 1945 battlefield the opening battle for Berlin

This is a nice condition relic German soldiers M40 steel helmet which has a large rust hole and damage on the top of it and few small rust holes all over. The helmet which has some of its green paint remains that is fairly clear to see it has no leather liner but some remains of liner ring. The helmet it is rusty and a bit pitted but it is very solid and not braking up or falling apart at all it has been very well cleaned it is perfect for display or any collection.The helmet which was recovered from the battlefield on the Seelow Heights in 1945 the opening battle for Berlin.The helmet comes with A5 laminated information card.

The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16–19 April 1945. Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.

This battle is often incorporated into the Battle of the Oder-Neisse. The Seelow Heights was where some of the most bitter fighting in the overall battle took place, but it was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers where the Soviets attacked. The Battle of the Oder-Neisse was itself only the opening phase of the Battle of Berlin. The result was the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the Battle of Halbe.