Original Irish Free State M1927 Vickers Stahlhelm with Liner & One Ventilation Lug - Rare Original Machine Guns Major General George William Symes

Major General George William Symes

but the ammunition's short range made the Pak 36 crews vulnerable to enemy fire and could not solve the gun's basic obsolescence

Overall Length: 9 1/2 inches

The scrap book contains numerous original photos

with the other letters unclear

Original Irish Free State M1927 Vickers Stahlhelm with Liner & One Ventilation Lug - Rare Original Machine Guns Major General George William SymesOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very worn example of a helmet we have never offered before. The Vickers helmetin spite of its British manufacture, its German style rendered it the butt of much anti Irish British propaganda. During the 1920s the newly formed Irish Defence Forces began looking for a steel helmet. At first the French Adrian model, named after its inventor, August Louis Adrian, was tested on a limited scale but was found to