Original Pre-WWII Era Royal Hungarian Army Enlisted Shako Helmet - Unit Marked Ammunition Purchased directly from a private

Purchased directly from a private collection in the UK

5cm manufactured by Fritz Völk (military code: "gxn") in Berlin

we have found only one company that it could be made by:-

while the majority of the production has slightly longer 1 5/8" cylinders

Phillip Purcell

Original Pre-WWII Era Royal Hungarian Army Enlisted Shako Helmet - Unit Marked Ammunition Purchased directly from a privateOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Royal Hungarian Army Enlisted Shako, dating from the Pre WWII Period, after Hungary became independent from Austria. It is a rather standard design, with a large front plate bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hungary. Under the coat of arms is a banner reading KIRLYRT S HAZRT, Hungarian for "For King and Country", the motto of the Royal Hungarian Army. Under this is the number 43, however