A Second War Canadian Custom Tanker's Helmet certificate_of_authenticity The obverse of the blade

The obverse of the blade is engraved with an ornate leafed floral design

1943 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the XXXXI

100mm (3 ¾ inches) in total length

rare badge with this maker

the War Merit Cross

A Second War Canadian Custom Tanker's Helmet certificate_of_authenticity The obverse of the bladeFabricated from bakelite with a white finished exterior and red finished underside, the outside of the shell with a 45 mm wide strip of leather stitched in place, which acted as a buffer between the liner and the missing helmet. Inside, the butterscotch coloured leather headband runs around the circumference, the ends of which are stitched together at the rear, the headband stamped in black ink with the Canadian Broad Arrow insignia on the left side,