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Hello,
I want to show my recent addition of my collection.
It's a fantastic, almost untouched DD WH Army helmet. The classic apple-green paint is up 97 % intact. The decals are 99 % intact and remarkably well preserved. (gold aged toned)
The liner band is dated 1937, nice liner with original drawstring. Helmet chinstrap is at one side improvided to the linerhook. (nice detail of inventivity; I saw it recently again at the same manner to a helmet)
Helmet is the smallest helmet which is produced; SE 60, batchnumber 3299.
The helmet has written initials at the backside "G.S." The liner is also named but the name is scratched out and unreadable.
Very special is the issued cloth clothing tag which is added inside the liner. Clothing tag reads: "Oberkanonier Speth, 1.Batterie A.R. 46. There is also a unit stamp added to the liner: "1./A.R.46 II"
A museum quality helmet in my eyes and I'm very proud of owning such a helmet. (thanks for advice given to me by Cody G. and Matt M.)
regards,
Thijs
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regards,
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regards,
Thijs
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regards,
Thijs
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regards,
Thijs
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Inventive manner of fixing chinstrap to linerhook
regards,
Thijs
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Scratched out name in liner
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Thijs
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Clothing tag with rank and name/ stamped unit markings
regards,
Thijs
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A one looker ....Congrats, Glenn
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Fabulous helmet. Unit markings are a pleasant bonus. Cody
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Very nice. The innovative field repair of the chinstrap just confirms that this one certainly "was there".
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Hi guys,
The chinstrap is not a field-repaired item...it was manufactured this way. This is a feature of the early chinstraps which you see more commonly on transitional helmets but occassionally on later ones. I believe this style is attributable to just a few makers.
Here is one on a helmet of mine...
Darryl
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Here's another example...
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Very cool.
"Here's yer money back fer them souvenirs. Ya been scarin' hell outta our replacements." -Bill Mauldin's Willy & Joe.
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"exceptional" is right....very nice.
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A beautiful example! Congrats on a wonderful find Richard
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Beautiful helmet inside and out. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice helmet esp like the chinstrap not a common one found very often. Very cool. Jerry
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Very nice,thanks for showing. erik
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oh that was the helmet you were talking about?
it sure is a beauty
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Beautiful what a great helmet I am a helmet newbie but love the look of this one.
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Richard T please edit and remove the link to your webpage that shows when you post. I clicked on it and received 4 Trojan viruses. Please correct this right away.
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Tom I had the same problem I emailed Vern to remove his link
If someone has Vern's number call him about this
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I just scanned his website and the link in his profile and it was clean. Was it fixed?
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I think I found it. His ISP inserts a random ad popup when you link in. My firewall blocks it and just reported it to me. Not really a virus, just an irritant. There may be a problem with one of the ads if you click on the window.
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I removed the profile link and emailed Richard T. Thanks guys.
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Darryl,
You learned me (and maybe others) something about this manner of fixing a chinstap to the linerhook. I always thought it was a inventive field-repair and was wondering why I saw recently the same manner of fixing the chinstrap by another helmet. Now it explains to me Thanks for this lesson.
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Thijs
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Very nice helmet Thijs. Congrats.
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Thanks for the positive reactions.
I'm very proud of this beautifull M35 DD helmet. (I realize I can afford only one of these. )
Yes Marc, this was the helmet I was hoping and talking about. I bite one's nails hoping the package didn't get lost by post)
regards,
Thijs
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Darryl,
According to your reaction about the chinstraps.
Is there a source or something else like that which tell me about this manner of improving a chinstrap as you commended ? Quite interesting subject because I never heard of such a way to repair/attach a chinstrap to the linerhook. Thanks in forward.
regards,
Thijs
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