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Thanks a lot. Now a novice question: Is this an earlier helmet that was reworked, as suggested earlier in this thread, or is this actually a variant that could have been made in 1915 With the M1915 fittings, though it is not an M1915 With the detachable steel top?It is all leather, non...

Thanks for great answers I'll measure the mortarboard when I get home tomorrow. Looking forwards to more information on this tschapka. 8-)

Thanks gents. :) No visible stitches on the visor

I must be a bit humble here... I am an experienced WWI collector and from the look and feel of it I am pretty certain that this one is original, but this is my very first and only Tschapka and I really know too little about them. So, to quote Manuel from Fawlty Towers: I know nothing! Hoping...