What does the marking stand for?

[Amybellars]

Got this helmet the other day. Funny how that doesn't fit prussian heraldic eagle, bavarian, wurttemberg, hessian and saxon. It has this marking inside the helmet.

 

[Westfront]

B.D means bekleidungs depot and is Bavarian.

 

[Amybellars]

Thank you. I accidentally uploaded two threads on the same helmet. Sorry guys

 

[911car]

Westfront and Philippe are of course correct: a typical bavarian stamp.
However, I always thought that BD on these stamps stood for "Bayerische Division".
I may be wrong...

 

[Sandmann]

Found this discussion in other Forums twice. The Members came to the same conclusion, that B.D.III seems to be an abbreviation for „Bekleidungs-Depot III“. The Number 147 seems to be an ID for the object (in this case a Pickelhaube). Other numbers have been multiple found on same objects and could be identified (Object-List below is copied from Link „Discussion 2 (on feldgrau-forum.com)“)

Discussion 1 (on gmic.co.uk)
http://gmic.co.uk/topic/11853-bak/
Discussion 2 (on feldgrau-forum.com) This one is well explained and discussed, unfortunately in german...
https://www.feldgrau-forum.com/threads/kammerstempel.26150/page-2

Object-ID-List
78 B.D.III - 1915 Pickelhaube
102 B.D.III - 1917 Tornister
143 B.D.III - 1917 Tornister Schulterriemen
147 B.D.III - 1916 Pickelhaube
149 B.D.III - 1915 Pistoletasche M-08
149 B.D.III - 1915 Patronentasche M-09
154 B.D.III - 1915 Patronentasche M-09
200 B.D.III - 1917 Tarnband
201 B.D.III - 1917 Tarnband
201 B.D.III - 1915 Halsbinde
249 B.D.III - 1916 Mantel M-16
262 B.D.III - 1916 Brotbeutel
265 B.D.III - 1916 Tarnband
275 B.D.III - 1915 Unterhosen, Trikot (11.J.R.)
292/37 B.D.III - 1916 Bluse
301 B.D.III - 1918 Brotbeutel
331 B.D.III - 1916 Tornister
349 B.D.III - 1917 Mantel M-16