Stahlhelm : evolution of the German steel helmet / Floyd R. Tubbs with the assistance of Robert W. Clawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tubbs, Floyd R., 1928- author.

Clawson, Robert W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Helmets--Germany.

Helmets.

Germany--Armed Forces--Equipment.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio ; London, [England] : The Kent State University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Perhaps the most easily recognized military helmet of the 20th century is the German Stahlhel. In the revised and expanded edition of this classic, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert w. Clawson identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history, designs, features, and uses. 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.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author's Note

Introduction: An Old Helmet Has an Interesting Story to Tell

One: The Summer of 1914, Europe

Two: The Preliminary Model of the First Stahlhelm

Three: The Stahlhelm in Other Countries

Four: The Peace Treaties and New World Map of 1919

Five: Postwar Unrest

Six: Transition of the Stahlhelm

Seven: A New Stahlhelm for a New Era: The M-35

Eight: Fallschirmjäger: The M-37 and M-38 Paratrooper Helmet

Nine: Other Wartime Military Helmets

Ten: Nonmilitary Helmets

Eleven: Germany and World War II

Twelve: Stahlhelm in East Germany: The M-56 Vopo-NVA Helmet

Thirteen: West Germany: The Bundeswehr

Appendix: German Helmets.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63101-155-3

OCLC:

922996071