Eric,
This is a beautiful set, for sure, something to comemorate in 2014, as the Great War Centennial will be celebrated.
I did a quick research at the Volksbund site, which is the organization that take care of the German soldiers war graves from both wars. They disclose some basic information regarding all the KIA and MIA personnel listed on their files. My search did ot find ant match for a "Gefreiter Schloo", which points that the original owner of your helmet probably survived the WWI ordeal.
Actually, I found only one guy KIA in WWI, with this surname, Heinrich Schloo, KIA on November 29th, 1917 - but he was a sailor (Bootsmannsmaat) and perished in a sank U-Boat. Other two Schloo listed there died during WWII (one in Stalingrad Kessel).
On the other hand, the name on the dog tag, Karl Zander, left me with a dozen possibilities - already considering the date of birth -as there are 12 casualties from WWI with that exact name but no date of birth available in the Volksbund site.
And happy New Year!
Douglas
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