German Wehrmacht M35 steel helmet with impact holes,named inside used by soldier of the 1st Panzer Army recovered from the mouth of the River Don area outside the City of Rostov on Don attacked by them in November- December 1941 South of Stalingrad

This is a German M40 helmet with some small amount of green paintwork remains which is clear to see on the outside and has much more paintwork on the inside the very rare bit is the impact hole in one side and out the other it went straight throw that could be a bullet or shrapnel and one of the holes goes right throw a decal which is partly clear to see as well. The helmet is rusty and pitted with some rust damage with a few small rust holes in the back of it.The helmet also has another very rare part the white hand written name of the soldier on the inside rim fairly clear to see the helmet is very solid not braking up or falling apart at all it has been very well cleaned as is perfect for display or any collection very rare to get with such battle damage and named. The helmet was used by soldier of the 1st Panzer Army recovered from the mouth of the River Don area outside the City of Rostov on Don attacked by them in November- December 1941 South of Stalingrad. The helmet comes with 2x A5 laminated information sheets with pictures.

The 1st Panzer Army was a German tank army that was a large, armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command.