Germany, NSKK. A Crash Helmet, Second Pattern, Unit-Attributed Example Newly Listed inscribed “Hrvatska” (Croatia)

inscribed “Hrvatska” (Croatia)

mounted to a gilt aluminum wings base

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of King Wilhelm I

Research also includes a copy of Winter's original diary kept during his service in Egypt

Germany, NSKK. A Crash Helmet, Second Pattern, Unit-Attributed Example Newly Listed inscribed “Hrvatska” (Croatia)(Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps Motorrad Sturzhelm). A well preserved Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps (National Socialist Motor Corps NSKK) crash helmet, constructed of boiled and blackened leather shell. The helmet features a padded black leather comb extending across the crown, with an additional tube of identical construction surrounding the rim. It is flanked on each side by a ventilation hole reinforced with non magnetic metal