Looks like felts and tin helmets were made at the same time.
I don't think so. I'm thinking more of the M15 sheet metal model, entirely painted in Feldgrau (khaki). Felt helmets, in fact, have iron trimmings that are not the same color as the felt, whereas here, the whole helmet is the same color.

I don't think so. I'm thinking more of the M15 sheet metal model, entirely painted in Feldgrau (khaki). Felt helmets, in fact, have iron trimmings that are not the same color as the felt, whereas here, the whole helmet is the same color.
0we recognize the Teller-style crimped tip (to compensate for the felt bomb) and the faux rivets, typical of Weissenburger.

But the sheet metal Ersatz factories only made iron helmets.
To my knowledge, only Weissenburger (and VdHeyden) made helmets in iron and felt.
Only BING made helmets in iron and pressed cardboard.