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There are some letters/numbers stamped into the inside dome of my WW1 helmet. What do they mean?

April 26, 2017dome helmet letters mean Numbers stamped ww1

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There are some letters/numbers stamped into the inside dome of my WW1 helmet. What do they mean?

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These are accountability numbers which reference specific steel batches from which the planchet came before it was die struck. Intended to aid in quality control at the factory. These numbers have no practical meaning for collectors at this point.