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; July 18, 2010)
I hope you enjoy taking a look.
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 beaneath and got paint on it as well. I like little details like this.
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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Ckl64 M42 "Organization Todt" helmet
Despite the death of Fritz Todt in 1942, the Organisation Todt continued to exist as an engineering organization. At the beginning of 1943, in addition to its continuing work on the Atlantic Wall, the organization also undertook the construction of launch platforms in northern France for the V1 and V2 rockets. Administratively, however, the organization was effectively incorporated into Albert Speer’s Ministry of Armaments and War Production in 1943. The organization Todt has it's own rank structure and uniform insignia. Specific members were issued with steel helmets of which surviving examples are exceeding rare. The above example is one of a very few I have seen which I believe are genuine. The shell dates by steel lot number to early 1942. The exterior has been painted in a slightly darker shade of feldgrau. There is no evidence of another decal underneath the over-paint.
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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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ET66 M16 Army helmet with leather framed liner and 1918 applied camouflage
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Q-64 M35 Army helmet. A 1938 dated liner, chinstrap and dome-stamp
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Q-64 M40 Army helmet with camouflage paint and chicken-wire.
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SE-64 M35 Kriegsmarine helmet.
A factory finished M35 helmet shell assembled and painted as per 1940 specs during the transitional period of early 1940
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A Ckl 64 M42 single decal army helmet.
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Three-color airbrushed M42 camo.
Known as the "Normandy pattern". This one had part of it's chinstrap sticking out when it was air-brushed.
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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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Austrian M16 helmet with cloth chinstrap and maker marked ink-stamped onto the shell interior.
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My Dad. Leonard A. Niewiarowicz
60MM mortar gunner, weapons platoon, G company, 137th Regiment, 35th Infantry Division 1943-45
Normandy, Ardennes, Central Europe
