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COLLECTION GALLERY

The helmets on this page are not for sale. They are a part of my collection. This page will periodically be updated to show an interesting helmet (or several). Sort of a "Cyber Show & tell"

I will be revolving this page periodically. Removing some and adding some. (last update; October, 2011)

I hope you enjoy taking a look.

Q-64 M35 Army helmet. A 1938 dated liner, chinstrap and dome-stamp

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M42 Single decal army helmet w/ half basket chicken-wire

Ckl 66 M42 helmet with a likely production date of early 1943. The exterior has been covered with a "half basket" type cage of medium sized wire mesh.

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M38 Double decal Luftwaffe paratrooper helmet

Perhaps the finest known example anywhere; this helmet has a 4068 steel lot number indicating very early 1939 production. The straps are the early type and the liner has the first model tan padding. I believe that the bolts have not been turned since it was factory assembled.

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US M2 paratrooper helmet, 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne division

This M2 "D-bale" paratrooper helmet is ID'd to a Sgt. in the 508th PIR and is the helmet that he wore during the D-day drop. The westinghouse liner was most likely replaced sometime prior his losing it in the battle of the bulge. The helmet was found locally in Belgium years after the war.

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Early US M1 helmet; ca. 1941

This is one of the earliest production US M1 helmets out there; a fixed bale McCord shell with a fiber/paper liner that has Riddell rayon webbing.

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M18 ear cut-out double decal Army transition helmet.

This ET64 helmet was re-worked early in the Third Reich period for possible use as a parade helmet

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M35 1935 dated double decal Luftwaffe helmet.

This helmet has the first pattern "snake-leg" eagle decal. The lot number dates the shell production to 1935. The liner frame is dated 1935.

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M35 Black SS parade helmet

This ET64 waffen SS helmet was drawn from unissued stock and sprayed black in order to be re-issued to an SS unit for use asa parade helmet. It is of 1938 vintage.

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US M1 helmet with 3rd Division painted insignias

This helmet is ID'd to a Capt Miller from Birks county PA. It is a standard fixed bale helmet with a firestone liner. Painted with rank insignia at the front and 3rd division insignias at each side.

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US M1 Helmet worn in the Pacific

This is a standard fixed bale M1 helmet with a Westinghouse high-pressure liner. The cover is the early pattern without slits for camouflage attachment and no EGA stencil at the front.

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M35 re-issue double decal Luftwaffe camouflage helmet.

This is a really neat one that I recently picked up. It is an early double decal Luftwaffe helmet with a spray 3-color camouflage pattern applied by air-brush over the factory smooth paint. The decals can be seen in relief beneath the over-paint. The chinstrap is LBA marked and it appears that when the tan base-coat of the camouflage was applied to the helmet, the chinstrap was sticking out from beneath and got paint on it as well. I like little details like this.

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M42 helmet with insignia of the Organization Todt

This is a fairly rare example of an original Organization Todt helmet. It was re-issued from army stocks.

The insignia of the organization Todt is one of the least understood in all of helmet collecting. The reason being the high propensity of observed examples to be outright fabrications and the high number of variations found therein. I believe there is just one example which consistently hits on all points regarding authenticity. The above helmet (and the one below) illustrate the graphic design of original ORG. TODT decals.

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M35 re-issue single decal army helmet.

This is one of my favorites. It is a 1938 dated M35 helmet originally factory finished as a double decal. The exterior has been over-painted in rough texture feldgrau leaving the army decal exposed. The helmet has little or no handling wear so the paint color is still extremely flat.

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M18 "transition" police helmet.

This is an M18 shell re-issued as a police helmet very early. It has a 1931 dated liner, carbine hook chinstrap and early single-piece head split-pins. Probable vintage; 1934-35

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ET-64 M40 waffen SS helmet.

This M40 appears to be a re-issue. The C.A. Pocher decal is nicely aligned and remains in astounding condition.

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ET-64 M18 cut-out "soldier art" helmet.

This M18 cut-out helmet originally was a single decal army transition. It was artistically enhanced with art-work most likely done by a professional to sell to GIs as a war souvenir.

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NS-64 M42 "soldier art" helmet.

Another example of a well done "soldier art" helmet; this one an M42 single decal army helmet which was tastefully done to commemorate a soldier's service in the Normandy campaign.

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ET64 M35 "re-issue" helmet.

This one is pretty interesting. It is a double decal 1939 dated helmet which has been re-painted by brush. Both the factory applied insignias have been painted around. This could have been done for re-issue or simply freshening up the exterior appearance.

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M18 Reichswehr helmet.

This M18 helmet was reworked in the 1920s. A baden state shield was hand-painted to the side. The helmet was fitted with a 1928 dated leather framed liner and carbine hook chinstrap.

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Q-64 M40 Army helmet with camouflage paint and chicken-wire.