Original WWII Italian Regia Marina Navy M33 Helmet with Interesting Painted Naval Unit Insignia - Torn Liner & Chinstrap Madsen LMG form the strongest magnet for

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There are traces of a 1942 date

Standarte II

The CAST-STEEL 1864 marking in front of the sight is present but slightly mis-struck as they usually were

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Original WWII Italian Regia Marina Navy M33 Helmet with Interesting Painted Naval Unit Insignia - Torn Liner & Chinstrap Madsen LMG form the strongest magnet forOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M33 Helmet (Elmetto Mod. 33 in Italian) is a steel combat helmet designed in the 1930s in Italy, and was the standard combat helmet of the Regio Esercito up to World War II, and of the Esercito Italiano well into the Cold War. Designed by Nicola Leszl for the Mussolini Government, these have become extremely hard to find on the collectors market today, especially WWII examples that have not been refurbished. This