steel helmet with ears, cut out???

[joerookery]

I know nothing about these kinds of helmets, but I have been told that this kind of helmet is relatively unusual. Allegedly the ears are cut out?

 

[Gustaf]

Hey Joe, is that image dated, it looks like Reichswehr to me, the ear cut out helmet did not show up until late 1918.
Gus

 

[JR92]

Cutts, "Halbmondformig", for better earing.

You can see more here :

http://militarophile.forumactif.com/l-uniformophile-equipementophile-coiffurophile-f8/j-ai-rentry-un-beau-stahlhelm-16-t186.htm

 

[Robert]

I had bookmarked that picture but missed it. Glad you got it!

This is actually a "Brotbeutel"-strap (used to carry the "bread bag") but it was also used to camouflage helmets in the 1930s. This is the first picture of its use on the cut-out helmet I saw. Normally the strap should be fastened at the sides, but perhaps the ear cut-outs prevented this.

If you dont mind using a translator, here is a nice site about the helmet itself:
http://www.cascoscoleccion.com/alemania/al16c.htm

 

[joerookery]

here is a nice site about the helmet itself:

That is quite an understatement!

. Gus, the back of the card is completely blank. I am overwhelmed with postcards.

My high school kid who has been scanning postcards goes to college in two weeks. He is not done yet. :-({|= :-({|= :crybaby: :crybaby:

 

[Gustaf]

My high school kid who has been scanning postcards goes to college in two weeks. He is not done yet. :-({|= :-({|= :crybaby: :crybaby:

Maybe you could slip an aspirin in his school bag and get him expelled for a couple of months.
Gus