Manufactured Originally finished in a dark paint, this paratrooper helmet has been oversprayed with pink-tinted khaki paint. This style of paint is associated with Luftwaffe units active in the Mediterranean Theater, in particular the region of Tunisia. The exterior is free of decals, with the signature trimmed skirt and four spanner bolts for the webbing. The original paint color is visible in the interior, with "1278" stamped in the rear, "ET68" on the left side, gray leather chinstraps and a brown leather liner ink fitted in an aluminum frame and stamped "Kopfweite: Gr.59/Stahlhelm-Gr.68" and "Baumuster: Heisler, Berlin (illeg)/Herstaller: F.W. Muller Jr" and faintly hand-signed "Oetting". Oetting has not been positively identified, but may have been the original user of the helmet.