VERY RARE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WW1 M17 AUSTRIAN BERNDORFER HELMET 2ND MODEL.THEY MADE ONLY 140,000 PIECES IN WW1 AND THEY WERE MADE ONLY IN SIZE 64. THE BEAR WAS THE MAKER MARK.THIS PIECE IS THE COLLECTOR DREAM!!!I BOUGHT IT FROM SOMEONE THAT HAD PAINTED IT GREEN! IT STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL LINER BAND.I PICTURED ALL OF THE STEPS OF THE RESTORATION.WHEN GENTLY REMOVING THE GREEN PAINT COLOR, THE ORIGINAL BROWN PAINT WAS IN A BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.I ORDERED A MUSEUM QUALITY CHIN STRAP, AGED IT AND GOT A LEATHER LINER., IT WAS PUT BY HAND ON THE ORIGINAL LINER BAND JUST THE WAY THEY DID IT CLOSE TO 100 YEARS AGO.THIS IS REALLY A MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE AND WILL BE A CENTER PIECE IN YOUR COLLECTION.I WILL INCLUDE A WOODEN STAND WITH THE IMPERIAL STICKERS ON IT, I WILL SHIP IN THE US FOR $20, THIS WILL INCLUDE INSURANCE, I CANNOT REPLACE THIS HELMET.