Original WWII Italian M33 Helmet with Liner & Broken Chinstrap Japanese Military Maps There is a lot of

There is a lot of checking and crazing on the outside near the bottom

and the closure strap for one pouch has torn off at the eyelet

There are no words in the border

It was a barrel-like casing containing a high explosive (usually TNT

They were used as ferry pilots and did not fly in combat

Original WWII Italian M33 Helmet with Liner & Broken Chinstrap Japanese Military Maps There is a lot ofOriginal 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. As