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Here is a complete list of WW1 German steel helmet manufacturers. The list includes the known shell sizes made by and limited to each manufacturer. It seems that Eisenhüttenwerke Thale was the only ironworks that made them in every size.
~Hans
German Steel Helmet Manufacturers 1916 - 18:
Code, Maker name, location - (shell sizes made)
1. E.T. - Eisenhüttenwerke Thale A.G., Thale /Harz - (size 60 through 68 shells) Premier maker. The only manufacturer of the first model 1916 helmet (square dip) and the M18 ear cut-out.
2. B.F. (F.B. in rare cases) - F.C. Bellinger, Fulda - (sizes 62 and 64 shells)
3. "Bell" L. - Richard Lindenberg A.G., Remscheid-Hasten - (size 64 shells)
4. G. - Gebrüder Gnüchtel A.G., Lauter i./Sa. - (size 62 shells)
5. G.B.N. - Gebrüder Bing A.G., Nürnberg - (size 64 shells) The only Bavarian manufacturer
6. K. - J. & H. Kerkmann, Ahlen/Westf. - (size 64 shells)
7. K&M - Körting & Mathiesen, Leutsch /Leipzig - (only size 68 is known) This maker is truly rare.
8. N.J. (the "J" is likely an "I") - Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke, Schwerte i/Westf. - (size 62)
9. Q. - F.W. Quist, Esslingen/Neckar - (size 66)
10. Si. - Eisenhütte Silesia, Paruschowitz Oberschlesien - (sizes 62, 66 shells)
11. superimposed S over H stamp - Siemens & Halske A.G., Siemenstadt Berlin - (Size 60)
12. T.J. (again, the "J" is likely an "I") - C. Thiel & Söhne, Lübeck - (sizes 66,68 shells)
13. W. - Hermann Weissenburger & Co., Stuttgart-Cannstatt - (size 66)
~Hans
German Steel Helmet Manufacturers 1916 - 18:
Code, Maker name, location - (shell sizes made)
1. E.T. - Eisenhüttenwerke Thale A.G., Thale /Harz - (size 60 through 68 shells) Premier maker. The only manufacturer of the first model 1916 helmet (square dip) and the M18 ear cut-out.
2. B.F. (F.B. in rare cases) - F.C. Bellinger, Fulda - (sizes 62 and 64 shells)
3. "Bell" L. - Richard Lindenberg A.G., Remscheid-Hasten - (size 64 shells)
4. G. - Gebrüder Gnüchtel A.G., Lauter i./Sa. - (size 62 shells)
5. G.B.N. - Gebrüder Bing A.G., Nürnberg - (size 64 shells) The only Bavarian manufacturer
6. K. - J. & H. Kerkmann, Ahlen/Westf. - (size 64 shells)
7. K&M - Körting & Mathiesen, Leutsch /Leipzig - (only size 68 is known) This maker is truly rare.
8. N.J. (the "J" is likely an "I") - Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke, Schwerte i/Westf. - (size 62)
9. Q. - F.W. Quist, Esslingen/Neckar - (size 66)
10. Si. - Eisenhütte Silesia, Paruschowitz Oberschlesien - (sizes 62, 66 shells)
11. superimposed S over H stamp - Siemens & Halske A.G., Siemenstadt Berlin - (Size 60)
12. T.J. (again, the "J" is likely an "I") - C. Thiel & Söhne, Lübeck - (sizes 66,68 shells)
13. W. - Hermann Weissenburger & Co., Stuttgart-Cannstatt - (size 66)
