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The young woman caught in the crossfire was Katharina Esser. She was buried in an unnamed grave. Nearly 70 years later, her identity was confirmed and a grave marker was made. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/ww2-reunion-us-german-veterans/index.html Quelle: CN live_0863e072-b90d-424d-8287-c25e6175532f.avif

The strap is a repro that I bought and thank you all for the information.

The stamp on the dome interior is ingot smelting lot number provided by the steel mill, this was done so if there were defective helmets in the batch they could be tracked down and recalled.

You are quite welcome USMC, glad this post brightened your day!

I do plan on getting a nice WW1 period holster and accessories, have not had a chance to get into that yet. This is my 1st Nagant pistol, slowly moving into the Czarist/Russian items.

Have you considered an original WW I holster?

Nowhere as nice as a WW I bring back Nagant, but here is a view of my Uncles WW II bring back from Berlin in its original holster. I never got the story. He died just after I got out of the Corps and after the funeral she shoved it into my truck and said a vet should have this. Thanks Gildwiller 1918 you brought back some old memories with this post.

I actually have more fun shooting my Nagant Pellet pistol replica: The Gletcher NGT RF CO2 Pellet Revolver. Fun, and the cartridges do not stick in the cylinder. On an original those Russian cartridges expand and are difficult to extract. I will take a Tokarev over a Nagant all day long. A review of the Pellet shooter Nagant revolver- a real hoot to shoot... https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/06/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-1/ https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/07/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-2/ https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/07/gletcher-nagant-pellet-revolver-part-3/

The strap fittings had a grey zinc finish

The ammunition: 7.62x38R Also see Ammo forum: https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/7-62x38r-nagant-box/8814 from this above source

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That is a nice Imperial model lacking a Billboard Import mark! Ya hoo! Very nice specimen. I never found an Imperial Nagant lacking import marks covering the original markings. I never could figure why they put the import mark on the left side-stupid is as stupid does. The left side revolver markings can be found on this source: http://www.geocities.ws/Pentagon/Bunker/4064/PersCollection/M1895page.html I wonder if the pellet replica is allowed in Europe? I hang mine on the wall. Anemic shooters. One is from my Uncle that got it in Berlin in WW II. It is a WW II bring back. The others are imports with the import mark on the bottom of the barrel. All too many of those $59 revolvers had a billboard import mark over the original markings making it useful for only a fishing box pistol. All too many had the import mark on the left side over the original markings. see the lower two additional photos. Nasty examples I was never lucky enough to find an intact WW I Nagant bring back in original condition. . Here is additional interesting info. for those that like these> https://jakesgunreviews.weebly.com/m1895-nagant.html This is nice to view:

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Answer, see my illustration above

It is also marked with an et 64

Sorry if it's not clear.

Probably a batch or lot number in the production. Any more photos of the helme itself? On the inside edge of the brim should also be a number, this is the maker and size. ET64 Eisenhüttenwerke Thale size 64

It is marked with ,, bw 29"

Regimental markings. Can you post a few photos, and perhaps i can tell you what I mean.

Thanks it eventually fit in but does anyone know what those stamps on the dome of the helmet mean? Not the manufacture one but the one in the dome .Are they used as regimental markings or is their purpose unknown. Many thanks, Michael.

I remember many years ago, these were on offer deactivated to collectors, now no longer permitted. They were quite cheap in those days.