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Ron Smith · 04-25-2010, 05:00 PM

Hi Jerry,

The helmet insignia are early Eagle over Swastica. The early Wehrmacht still used the "coal scuttle" helmets.

The "Reichswehr" wasn't changed to the "Wehrmacht" until 1935 when Hitler introduced the Luftwaffe as a branch of the armed forces.

Ron

04-25-2010, 05:00 PM	#8
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Jerry, The helmet insignia are early Eagle over Swastica. The early Wehrmacht still used the "coal scuttle" helmets. The "Reichswehr" wasn't changed to the "Wehrmacht" until 1935 when Hitler introduced the Luftwaffe as a branch of the armed forces. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...