WW2 GERMAN SS-VT TRANSITIONAL HELMET CIRCA 1933
This helmet consists of a black Austrian M16 helmet that has been period painted Black over its original paint for use by the SS or SS-VT without insignia representing the earliest type of helmets used by the SS after the formal establishment of the Third Reich in 1933. Original 3 pad liner that is showing wear as shown in the images
This helmet type is featured on pages 30 and 31of the book 'SS HELMETS by Michael D Beaver and Kelly Hicks. I have included the pages in the images. This is indeed a rare example of the earliest SS helmets.