ORIGINAL HELMETS
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NEW! Item 556 M42 Luftwaffe single decal Helmet
This one is a really clean helmet. It is an ET64 M42 Luftwaffe with very nice paint; remaining flat in matte quality and very good original texture; indicating that there has not been much handling wear. The paint is a very nice blue-grey shade. The decal remains 95%+ intact. The liner is excellent as well as the chinstrap. The acceptance stamp in the dome is clear and readable. You'll love this one. ON HOLD
NEW! Item 559 M16 Austrian double decal transition Helmet
Here is a very attractive example of the last double decal Heer helmets that were produced for combat wear. In 1941 or 42 a number of Austrian WW1 helmets were re-worked/re-issued in Double decal configuration. Normally they are found (as this one is) with darker feldgrau split-pins and a wartime liner assembly. Nobody as come up with a workable theory as to why the Germans were producing a double decal helmet at this stage of the war but original examples are found both in period photos and modern collections. This example retains 99% original smooth texture paint. The decals are made by Huber-Jordan & Koerner and are quite typically found on transition helmets. They remain 95% intact. the liner and strap are in excellent condition. The strap appears to be original to the helmet. There is a stenciled size 57 inside the dome of the helmet. A top-shelf example. $1700.00
NEW! Item 560 M35 Quist contract Police Helmet
The first M35 Schutzpolizei helmets were contracted and produced by the F.W. Quist firm in 1936. Is it believed that 20,000 were ordered for this contract. Later contracts were awarded to ET in 1937 and after with other manufactures later being found producing the Double decal police M35. This example retains 95% of it's original smooth texture semi-gloss paint (this exact color is exclusively found only on 1936 dated Quist police helmets) The decals are in very good condition. The liner is dated 1936. The dome acceptance stamp is faint but the 1936 date is readable. The strap is a 1937 dated G. Shiele, Loburg. The leather is worn but intact. An example of the earliest M35 police that should be in every advanced collection. $2200.00
NEW! Item 561 M16 Single decal transition Helmet
This M16 transition has been finished in 1940 specs with rough texture paint and a single Huber-Jordan & Koerner Heer decal. The paint and decal are in excellent condition. The liner and strap are intact ad sound with a bit of darkening from exposure to humid air. The helmet is a W66. $895.00
Item 554 M1 USMC Helmet
This is a McCord fixed bale helmet which has had the exterior painted in battleship grey. Since it has a USMC cover on it, one may surmise it to be a naval beach party or Corpsman helmet. the cover shows every indication of being original to this helmet. The cover is a first pattern type worn in 1943-44. It has a USMC eagle/globe anchor stencil added to the front. ( It has long been the notion among collectors that the EGA stencils were all added in the immediate post-war years because of the lack of pre VJ-day photographs showing the stencil on helmets. But the number of veteran's statements indicating they wore stenciled helmet covers has many of us convinced this practice was done during the war) The webbing of the liner is missing two of the clips that hold the sweatband to the liner webbing. But other than that, this helmet has everything it should have. SOLD
Item 555 M42 Single decal army Helmet
This one really thrills me. That liner is among the nicest I have seen. The decal is a textbook ET style shows very good detail. It has a scrape through it but the paint is excellent. The chinstrap is well marked/dated 1941. The shell is an ET64 side marked (the lot number places it's manufacture date at mid 1942). Overall this one is a very good basic example. $1000.00ON HOLD
Item 557 M1 US Helmet
Nothing flashy or extravagant here. Just a standard down-to-earth US WW2 combat helmet with net. The shell is a McCord fixed bale. The liner has intact webbing and is made by firestone. The chinstrap shows moderate wear. $300.00
Item 558 Imperial Japanese army Helmet
This one has all the things that I look for in Japanese helmet. The paint is dull and flat with very little collector handling wear. It has the greenish color brush strokes painted around the base of the dome. The reason for this greenish paint has never been satisfactorily explained to me....but it is found on 90% of Japanese combat helmets. The pigskin liner is clean and intact with all stitching sound. Well marked and dated "18" on the front liner pad (the Showa year 18 corresponds with the western year 1943) The straps are full length. Overall a helmet that may be considered in "unissued" condition. If you have ever looked for one prime example of a Standard Japanese army combat helmet, I believe you ought to consider this one. ON HOLD
Item 343 M40 Waffen SS Helmet
One of the most honest appearing helmets that I have seen. This Q68 bears a textbook Quist SS runic shield in 90% condition. The paint remains in very nice shape and is still flat; not having it's color or sheen effected by handling wear. The liner is intact and sound. The chinstrap shows all indications of being original to the helmet. It even has a dome acceptance stamp which is not commonly found on wartime Quist helmets. $5150.00
Item 550 M35 Double decal Luftwaffe Helmet
This M35 Luftwaffe helmet is an ET64 and dates to late 1938 or early 1939. It has been factory finished in a more grey shade of feldblau than other examples more commonly seen by this maker. The decals are of a variant seen used during 1938-1940; mostly on reworked WW1 model transition helmets but very occasionally on M35s. The reason for this is unknown; be it due to factory supply problems or a hurried batch of Luftwaffe helmets to fill an order. It is all speculation. But the decals are quite rare. The eagle decal is know for having thicker exterior black lines and is normally found used in conjunction with the round bottom variant tri-color shield. This example is a beauty with 98% paint and decals. A moderately worn liner with an artillery unit written on the leather. The 1938 dated chinstrap is by all indications original to the helmet. As far as M35 Luftwaffe helmets go; this one is top shelf. SOLD
Item 541 M35 Luftwaffe camouflage Helmet
This is an M35 Double decal Luftwaffe helmet made by EF and is a size 64. It was sprayed over in a two color pattern consisting of fairly nonstandard colors. There are spots where a texture was mixed into the paint. The pins do not appear to be original to the helmet as they do not match the camo colors. This lends doubt as to whether the liner is original to the helmet as it is a wartime steel framed one. But the liner and strap are completely original in and of themselves. An attractive helmet at an attractive price. ON HOLD
Item 537 M23 Danish state Militia Helmet
This is a rare example of a wartime Danish police helmet. The helmet was drawn from army stocks and re-issued with a state militia/police badge and the exterior was painted black. The helmet itself is a 1930s produced example of the M23 with the serial number and maker name marked on a tag affixed to the liner frame. The leather and strap are original factory installed. If you like Danish helmets like I do, you would have to jump on this one. $400.00
Item 511 German splinter pattern Helmet cover
This is the finest original splinter-pattern cover I have ever seen. The material colors are vivid and the construction is correct to the last stitch. The drawstring is the camo-material type and the white side is marked. The size of the cover is perfect for an M35/40 size 66 or an M42 size 64. 100% original in every regard; this is a cover you will never have to upgrade. ON HOLD
Item 517 Fiber Heer Officer's parade Helmet by Robert Lubstein
Here is one of the most attractive helmets that I have ever offered. It is a parade helmet with a pressed hard fiber body and metal rim. The decals are typical commercial types. Paint and decal rate at 99%. The lining is in extremely nice condition composed of a silk head-liner with leather sweat band. The leather is double marked "EREL" ( Robert Lubstein used the phonetic spelling of the initials R and L in this logo; the German pronunciation of the letter "R" being "ER"). The chinstrap is thin green dyed leather with a unique buckle arrangement. Overall condition is near mint. $3800.00
Item 527 M1917 US army Helmet
Here is a nice US M1917 helmet which has a two sided name tag written by somebody to record who the original owner was. Apparently a medic with a trench mortar unit. Nice paint, sound liner and strap. $195.00
Item 528 WW2 German Luftschutz Helmet
Luftschutz helmets have to be the best buy these days. Where else does one find an all original German helmet (or even a hat) for less than three hundred dollars/ This one has dark blue paint; almost black. 95% decal, sound liner and chinstrap. Well marked at the rear. No issues here. Take it home for $265.00
Item 529 US M1917-A1 Helmet
Known as the "Kelly" helmet; this is the standard US army helmet in use through-out the 1930s until the advent of the M1 in 1941. This helmet shows a period repaint. The leather liner is intact and sound with the padded dome. $185.00
Item 495 M1 US Army Helmet
This M1 fixed bale helmet is a real looker. The paint retains excellent texture and remains 99% intact; even covering most of the stainless steel rim. The liner is an early Westinghouse with early "A" washers. A great example. $475.00
Item 482 Helmet display goggles
This is a really nice looking pair of EARLY aluminum frames goggles. I believe that they originated with the Luftwaffe but I don't believe they are flight goggles. You see these being worn mostly buy motorcyclists. The vast majority of the ones I have seen are steel framed wartime made ones. These would be perfect for display with an M35 double decal helmet (as shown in the last photo) $300.00
Item 482 Helmet display goggles
This is a pair of standard issue infantry dust goggles first seen worn in North Africa and then later they were used all over Europe. The leather frame is pliable and sound with no cry rot. The leatherette case is in fine condition. $100.00
Item 476 M16 Imperial German army Helmet
This m16 is a size 64 shell but I cannot make out the maker marks. The shell retains 90% original feldgrau color. The liner is a metal framed M17 type. The pads show good age and have evidence of glue applied to them in order to re-enforce their hold on the metal liner band. The best thing about this helmet is the intact chinstrap; quite a rare feature in WW1 German helmets. SOLD
Item 478 M32 Czechoslovakian Helmet
One of my favorite helmets from one of my favorite 20th century armies. The Czech army was the second largest in Europe until it was whittled down to size by Hitler and Chamberlain in 1938. The Czechs were second only to the Germans in technical expertise in weapons development. This example of the M32 has 95% of it's original paint. The maker stamp indicates production by the Sandrik firm in Dolne Hamre (modern day Slovak republic) The pads of the liner are each inspector-stamped and dated as all military contracted M32s should be. $250.00
Item 462 M27 Royal Dutch army Helmet
You might not love Dutch helmets as much as I do... but you should. This one is a nice early one. It is a true M27 which was produced before the modification of shell shape in 1934 (resulting in the M27/34 model) The shell surface retains 95% of it's original factory paint. The Royal Dutch crest remains securely affixed at the front. The liner and strap are intact and sound. There is a very pleasant manufacture marking on the inside liner band dating the helmet to 1933. Just the right example of a helmet worn by the Dutch army during the lowlands campaign in the spring of 1940. $425.00
Item 471 M37 Hungarian Helmet
Another pretty rare helmet. Most "Hungarian" M37s that exist today are actually Hungarian export models produced for Finland. This one is a true Hungarian M37 made for and used by the Hungarian army during it's alliance with Hitler in the war against Bolshevism. The shell is correctly stamped "MAVAG" above the Hungarian crest on the inside rear rim. The liner is the correct m37 cut from a single piece of leather. The shell is a size 62 and has been over-painted in a grey-ish color (as many were wartime done) The paint rates at 90%. The liner is intact and sound with the exception of a 4 inch area along the front rim where it has come separated from the metal liner frame. The chinstrap is correct and is originally sewn to the side bales. A very decent example of a hard-to-find Axis helmet. $550.00
Item 448 M16 camouflage transition Helmet
This is a rare example of an M16 helmet which was wartime re-worked for issue to the heer and was wartime camouflaged with a two color spray pattern. The liner is intact and sound. The shell is a rarely encountered "G" marked one and is a size 62. $2000.00
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