poniatowski
Well-known member
Hi All,
Here's one in our local historical society. It's a reworked M15 marked to B.I.A. VII with an "F" centered under it. A nice surprise were the fiber visor and neck guard (too bad they won't sell it, I could use and example like that). Anyway, there are no unit or maker marks, the size is 55 1/2 and you can see that it has been re-gromited for a new Wappen. Does anybody have any idea what the "K" might stand for? I didn't measure it, but it's about 1.25 (3.175cm) in height.
An overall view of the helmet. The spike didn't want to rotate, but it's in overall good+ shape.
An inside view, showing the liner (supple and in good condition) as well as the black fiber front and rear visors.
Here is the "K" marking. You can see the re-gromited hole for the Wappen. They didn't even close the old hole, so this must've been done when there was a huge back-log of helmets to rework.This is in the front inside of the helmet with the top of the K toward the spike support disc.
Ron
Here's one in our local historical society. It's a reworked M15 marked to B.I.A. VII with an "F" centered under it. A nice surprise were the fiber visor and neck guard (too bad they won't sell it, I could use and example like that). Anyway, there are no unit or maker marks, the size is 55 1/2 and you can see that it has been re-gromited for a new Wappen. Does anybody have any idea what the "K" might stand for? I didn't measure it, but it's about 1.25 (3.175cm) in height.
An overall view of the helmet. The spike didn't want to rotate, but it's in overall good+ shape.
An inside view, showing the liner (supple and in good condition) as well as the black fiber front and rear visors.
Here is the "K" marking. You can see the re-gromited hole for the Wappen. They didn't even close the old hole, so this must've been done when there was a huge back-log of helmets to rework.This is in the front inside of the helmet with the top of the K toward the spike support disc.
Ron
