Irish Army in the 30′s/early WWII.
… what’s with the stahlhelms? I know that the Irish rebel groups received a lot of supplies from Germany, but that’s just weird.
I think it has to due with before the immediate military build-up of WW2, Ireland had a lot of German military surplus and bought German helmets.
Based obviously on the German M16, the Irish M27 were more commonly referred to as the “Vickers” due to the manufactures name “Vickers Ltd”.