its enough to make you weep!

[gunner cooper]

found this in one of my old Great war books

if only I had a time machine

 

[edwin]

I've seen similar pics before and I agree it seems such a waste now but that's offcourse with hindsight.

Regards,

Edwin

 

[Gustaf]

It was not a waste, it was required by the Treaty of Versailles for Germany to disarm, If millions of these helmets had not been destroyed, they would have the value of scrap now

 

[aicusv]

They appear to be all the M'18 helmet.

 

[b.loree]

Well you taught me something there Gustaf.....I knew that such things as fighter planes and war ships had to be destroyed as a result of the Treaty but helmets???? Some poor Fritz with a pick and thousands of stahlhelme??? Hmmmm....another example of German efficiency...one pick strike one perfect hole und Kaput! Glad he did not get near my 2 stahlhelmes.

 

[mChapman]

I had a helmet that appeared to be deactivated in a similar fashion.

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[Blinker]

Great Picture!