Stahlhelm
A History of the German Steel Helmet
Military HistoryFloyd R. Tubbs and Robert W. Clawson
No single nation has produced such a wide variety of helmets as did Germany in the early part of the last century, from civil defense to fire and police forces to airborne forces. Though based on the same concept, each model, design, and variation was constructed with a specific purpose, with the shapes for the helmets differing, the metals occuring in various weights, and the strengths and qualities and the liners being unique to each category.
As the only book on the German combat helmet currently in print, this edition, with its detailed drawings and illustrative photographs, will appeal to the collector as well as the military historian.
Robert W. Clawson, emeritus associate director of the Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO Studies at Kent State University, is a member of a number of international organizations devoted to the collection and study of 20th-century militaria and has a substantial collection of unique combat helmets.