Lot 9049
A M 17 steel helmet for a member of the Austrian “Sturmkorps”
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
Black overpainted helmet, the original field-grey lacquering partially still visible, to the front the emblem “SK” of the Sturmkorps, brass silver-plated and blackened, dimensions 24 x 54 mm, to the reverse two thin split pins, with a three-part leather liner, stamped “STURMKORPS”, two handwritten recipients names, the padding pockets of the liner have been removed, black leather chinstrap. Signs of age and wear. A very rare helmet! The Sturmkorps was founded on 17 June 1937 and was an Austrian paramilitary organisation of the Vaterländische Front within the Austrofascist Ständestaat. The militant appearance was modelled on the example of the SS. Kurt Schuschnigg led the Sturmkorps. Shortly before the annexation of Austria in March 1938, the organisation had approximately 4,800 members.353761
Condition: II - Questions about the lot?