With 2005 in the can, what did you guys pick-up this past year specifically for your collections. Many of us buy things with the intent of reselling, but, what did you acquire in order to 'spruce-up' the old gathering?

I'll go first. Starting with the mundane and more or less progress to the sublime...

From another Forum member - an undecaled ckl62 M-42. Nuthin' at all special about him other than he looks like he's 'been there'.

Cody

Q64 HR M-35sd reissue Mediterranean camo sourced from another Forum member. Late last year, in a moment of unconsidered haste, he got sold. Happily, the buyer needed to raise jing and I got back this terrific helmet.

From one of the very few militaria dealers I will buy from comes this Luftwaffe M-40sd Q64 2-color camo. Complete w/liner and chinstrap.

From the same Forum member as the HR trop above is this HR M-40 3-color camo. Can't remember the maker but he's a 62. Maybe someone can help with the maker.

Acquired from another Forum member is an ET64 HR M-40sd trop camo. You might recognize the high-falutin' photography studio.

From the same Forum member as the undecaled M-42 which began the thread came this terrific Waffen SS M-42sd EF64.

Last, but certainly not least, would be the Big Kahuna, a Q64 Waffen SS M-35dd.

NS side.

Awesome helmets Cody! Hard to pick a fave, but I'd probably say #3. This has been my first year of collecting, and of the five helmets I bought this year, the one I'm now posting is my only permanent resident. It's a salty DD Luft, but it talks to me (well, you know what I mean!) It has initials and feldpost number inside which I have traced to a Luftnachrichten unit.

other side

This is one of my favorites,,,ET62, named.
Paul

Other side.
Great thread so far!
Paul

I just checked,and I haven't bought a helmet in 3 1/2 years.Damn,I'm falling behind.Great helmets guys.

Lovely pieces lads.

No new helmets at all for me this year . Missed a couple of beauties but that's another story. Perhaps in 2006......

Happy New Year

Don

This M35 SE68

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This DD Heer named to a RK (Knights Cross) Winner "Sachenbacher"

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This DD Heer "Q"

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This Chickenwire

Oh, And this DD Heer Overpaint (EF)

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I only added one helmet to my pride last year and I believe this one covers 2003 as well. A nice two color sawdust camo acquired at the Max show last year. This one was bought in the hotel room pending the flip of a coin (which I lost by the way). There might have been alchohol involved in the purchase too. The tan and green camo came from a forum member that might have been deep in the alchohol with me.
Larry

Other side.

By the way, this is the patented "Matt Miller" barbeque grill photo studio look.......
Larry

I added a few to my stable in 2005 as well.

Early droop tail.

Party Shield side

M35 DD Polizei

Party Sheild

Another Polizei

Other Party Sheild

M35 DD Heer

National Shield

And the piece de resistance, an M35 DD SS helmet dated 1935. Yes, it's been a good year.

I thought you were a dagger man to Bernie, These Damn helmets are just as addicting

Party Shield

Happy New Year, fellows!! Although I could not imbibe the "bubbly liquid", I did see the most spectacular fireworks show I have ever seen at midnight last night. I was at 35000 feet over south Florida when all the festivities began...and what a show! The display at Disneyworld/Epcot Center was simply outstanding. At that altitude you can see for a hundred miles and with the clear night it seemed like the entire state was erupting. Every city and town was crackling with light. Beautiful.

Although I had a bad year in 2004 with not one new helmet, my 2005 collecting year more than made up for it. I managed to locate 5 black SS helmets to add to my bevy of beauties. I also picked up two Waffen-SS examples which I moved on to other collectors.

My 2005 additions;

1. early Allgemeine-SS, possibly used by Standarte colour parties;
2. lightweight aluminum parade with reversed decals and "fat runes" shield;
3. SS-VT with stencilled insignia on a German M16 shell;
4. Danish Schalburg Corps SS on an M40; and
5. no decal SS/RZM issue with charcoal-gray anthracite finish.

This year I would be very happy with only one of the following...M18 cut-out, early SS-VT, or early LAH.

Cheers,

Darryl

PS - great helmets, guys.
PPS - Cody, I believe your M40 three colour camo is on an NS shell.

HI

Awsome display of helmets every one. Darryl , Wow, you have some rare finds. Happy New Year to every one.

Joe

Very nice thread and I see some old friends posted here as well. Larry that was a super score and glad to see you get it. I felt it was killer too. If it hadn't been for my stomach churning over that M40 camo you might have had competition
I picked up 3 camo's for my collection last year.

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This Luft camo was a recent pick-up. Should go well with a Luft ground smock that recently came from a local Bud,


Glenn

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Should go well with this..

I was able to obtain this beautiful Q on a direct trade from the gentleman in Colorado!

The other side.......

Glad to see some old friends out there. Looks like they found some nice new homes.

I was lucky enough to make a few deals with another collector. The wire helmet has been on my list for quite some time. NS 64

M40 SD with painted skirt

Skirt pic

and this M42 SD fall camo. Thanks, Paul

Thats a beaut!
Paul

My only addition.
M42 autumn camo.

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Originally posted by Pm:
and this M42 SD fall camo. Thanks, Paul

That's an interesting colour scheme, I have a M40 cammo with similar colours...

I've had a few helmets this year, but am almost as proud of my new IKEA shelves....

quote:

Originally posted by Pm:
and this M42 SD fall camo. Thanks, Paul

some top shelve helmets you have.
if these are the ones only added this year. then I looking forward to see the rest of your collection

quote:

Originally posted by arjan:

quote:

Originally posted by Pm:
and this M42 SD fall camo. Thanks, Paul

some top shelve helmets you have.
if these are the ones only added this year. then I looking forward to see the rest of your collection

Hi Arjan,

afraid not, this is my total collection, (well, minus 4 or 5 other helmets) only a few of them were added this year. ( I wish this was 2005's contribution...)

i was refering to PM (pauls helmets)

I would have guessed that was you total collection, I think nobody has a wallet that big to fill a wall like yours, but can be wrong.

quote:

Originally posted by arjan:
i was refering to PM (pauls helmets)

I would have guessed that was you total collection, I think nobody has a wallet that big to fill a wall like yours, but can be wrong.

Hi Arjan,

doh.. sorry, must have been tired, never noticed the quote..

Hello all

Someone need the Factorys who made the Steelhelmet of WW2?The Factorys stand inside of a WW2 Helmet it is a Q or NS.I don´t know if it´s intresting.Sorry for my English i write from Germany.

Best wishes

IBeowulfI

Here it is.

Hersteller Stahlhelme:


Q = Quist, Esslingen

ET (ckl) = Eisenwerke Thale/Harz

EF (FS) = Emaillierwerke A.G, Fulda

NS = Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke, Schwerte

SE (hkp) = Sächsische Emailier- und Stanzwerke A.G., Lauter

Best wishes

IBeowulfI
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting that information. This will help a lot of the new guys to understand about the markings in the helmets.
Larry

HI IBeowulfI,

Welcome, Hope you find this forum a great place to learn and if you have some helmets a great place to show it.
Your english is just fine

Willkommen zu diesem Forum, ich hoffe daß Sie eine Tolle Zeit haben, herum zu schauen und von jeder möglicher Diskussion teilzunehmen.

Hello

Thank you very much for the nice words.I have more Information,I have the Factorys from the "Luftschutzhelmet" and the Factorys from the "Medals".All from WW2.

Best wishes

Markus

Herstellerliste Luftschutzhelme



RL2-38/28 Paul Diener, Dresden
RL2-38/29 Eisenhüttenwerk Thale, Thale (Harz)
RL2-38/30 H. Becker & Co., Berlin
RL2-38/31 Maury & Co., Offenbach
RL2-38/42 unknow
RL2-39/1 A. Wunderlich Nachfahre, Berlin-Neu Kölln
RL2-39/2 Bath & Wagara, Dresden
RL2-39/4 unknow
RL2-39/10 Rafflenbeul & Sohn, Hückeswagen (Rhld.)
RL2-39/11 Carl Busse, Mainz
RL2-39/12 Robert Lubstein, Berlin
RL2-39/14 Hans Römer, Neu Ulm
RL2-39/20 Albert Diedrich Domeyer, Bremen
RL2-39/21 F.W. Quist, Esslingen
RL2-39/24 Westfälische Aluminiumindustrie Jürger & Co.,
Lüdenscheid
RL2-39/25 Eisenhüttenwerk Thale, Thale (Harz)
RL2-39/26 H. Becker & Co., Berlin
RL2-39/30 Carl Busse, Mainz
RL2-39/38 Maury & Co., Offenbach
RL2-39/40 unknow
RL2-39/42 Gustav Rudolph Stanz-, Preß- und Ziehwerk,
Bernsbach / Erzgeb.
RL2-40/1 Sächsische Emaillier- und Stanzwerke, Lauter
RL2-40/2 Lüning (?), Gelsenkirchen (?)
RL2-40/12 Alfred Landmann, Dresden
RL2-40/13 Hans Römer, Neu-Ulm
RL2-40/14 E. Martin Scheithauer KG, Zwönitz / Sachsen
RL2-40/16 Maury & Co., Offenbach
RL2-40/21 unknow

Greedings Beowulf

And yes I have Original Helmets.

This one's a nice thread because I can see wonderful helmets. Well, talkin bout a round-up, I took 4 prisoners last year. (Well, maybe I should call them "guests.") That was an amazing number, compared with only one in 2004, which came from Kelly. None of them came from Kelly last year. (I know some forum members had that luck. ) From Top to Bottom: EF64, CKL64, Q66, and Q66DD. Unfortunately, none of them are parade or minty. It just happened to be all well-worn combat. I wonder what I can find this year.

Shu

"Pile 'em up!" - Just kidding. Wish this year will be, again, a wonderful collecting year for all of us!

Shu

Shu,

Very impressive stack of SS soldiers (sorry, guests ) you rounded up last year. I see it was a very good year for you too. Although I am not normally a camo guy there's something about your green one that really turns my crank.

Cheers,

Thanks, Darryl. Good to talk to you again in the forum. Me too, I'm charmed with your black beauties, whenever you post the photos of them. I'm not particularly a camo guy either, but camos are certainly interesting as they add a variety to the otherwise uniform-colored Waffen SS helmets.

Shu

I managed to pick up 4 SS and 2 Para helmets this year for keepers, I hope.
tony

party decal

SS M42 SD

M40 SD SS

M40 DD runic

M40 DD Runic , reverse side

Late War Para SD

Also picked up an M38 DD Para , will post pics of it tomorrow.
Great thread guys with many wonderful acquisitions from last year.
Tony

Nice helmets, Tony. I really like the double-runic example. Looking forward to images of your DD FJ helmet tomorrow.

Cheers,

Hi, Tonym, what's the decal underneath the right side of your double-runic? Are both decals field-applied AT THE SAME TIME? Would appreciate more description. Certainly, looks fine to me, though. BTW I notice your DD is on Kelly Hicks' SS HELMET: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE. A nice solid collection!

Shu

Thanks Darryl and Shu. Sorry for the poor pic`s, done in a bit of a rush. The decal underneath the runes is another set of runes. I think both were applied in the field, probably started as a SD with factory applied decal and then both pocher decals were applied in the field. These are my assumptions, would like to hear if you guys agree.
Tony

Shu you are correct, it is the same helmet from Kelly`s book. I was lucky enough to have a friend in the US do some research in the archives, as this helmet is named to Heinz Schwering and I had some great news. He was a member of Totenkopf division , a officer and I have 20-30 documents with 3 photo`s of him on there way too me. 2 of the photo`s are portraits with the last being a pic of him in his full black Allegemeine uniform with totenkopf cuff title.
Tony

Nice thread, great helmets!
here's a shot of four of my favorites among
2005 acquisitions:
M 35 HEER Q64
M 35 LW DD camo ET66
M 35 POLIZEI NS64
M 40 LW heavy camo paint (kind of reminds me the italian camo patter colors)
ciao Mario

other side

A wonderful round-up Mario! Your Army DD looks perfect. That's a great score.

Tony, sorry for my elementary question - what's the maker of the double-runic(To be exact, that's the triple decal SS, then)? In theory, the first decal underneath should be the one that corresponds to the shell maker, so it's not supposed to be a Pocher shield. Check it out.

Jesus, Tony, I would appreciate you post the photos of the Totenkopf officer with brief information of his combat record, if possible. I think that's a great bonus added to the already famous helmet.

Shu

Hi Shu,
the helmet is an ET, I cannot make out the maker of the decal underneath the pocher.
The information on the owner of the M35 will not be with me for about a couple of weeks, my friend still has to send it too me but I will post all the info and pics as soon as they arrive, as well as better pics of the helmet.
Tony

Hi Shu,
Here is the info my friend sent me on the owner of the M35.

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Tony,

As promised here's the info I found on Heinz Schwering (born 9 Jan 1912). First, there were about 8 guys named Schwering in the Waffen-SS. Only one had the name Heinrich (a.k.a Heinz). Based on the info in the 20-30 documents I analyzed related to him he was not in Deutschland, but a Hauptscharführer in the SS-Totenkopf. Most of his documents indicate he was stationed at Konzentrationslager (Kzl) Sachsenhausen. There were about 20-30 docs on him (includes some family tree info for racial purity on him & his wife) and 3 pics of him (a straight-on head shot, profile, and kick-ass full body shot in his Allg-SS uniform with what looks like a Totenkopf cuff-title).

Tony

Hi Tony, if it's an ET shell, we can safely assume the decal is ET. Particularly, the decal underneath shows a yellowish tint of lacquar, which is a sign of its factory application. To me, everything's explainable here. Thanks Tony for the info. on the man. I think there's a chance still he was in a fighting unit too, considering his age and years of service. Hope you'll find more.

Shu

This is a problem when a helmet collector is a "Motor Head". I did buy one new helmet for 2005 and one new Mopar.
Larry

Larry...........Nice Dart. 340 w/Wedge heads I suspect (?).

Hope these pic`s work, using different software and format is a bti weird.
Anyway my DD para from the SOS.

looks like it worked.

Now that the helmet has arrived here is a new pic sans grill. Helmet has been brush-painted with the decal being painted around. Seller reports the helmet was dispatched home by a Canadian veteran.

Cody

Beautiful FJ helmet, Tony. Let's see the guts please.

Cody...cool helmet. A Canadian vet you say? Possibly from the Italian campaign then since the 1st Cdn Div fought down there.

Cheers,

the guts as requested, thanks to Darryl.

Better pic of the buckle.

Tony,

You're welcome. I have a resizing program that works wonders. It is a valuable tool for forums such as this one where the size limits are very small.

Again...a wonderful helmet.

Cheers,

Darryl,

What resizing tool do you use? I use the Photoshop tool.

Cody

Cody,

I have a program called "GIMP" which my son installed for me a few years ago. It's great.

Cheers,

Well, I did only bought one helmet 2005. I didnt got any before so it sthe first helemt to!.

Let me explain. I am not into this trench findings and this helmet looks more of an surplus or deserted item. Why? There is no battledamage to it, no other damage what I can see. Only stripped and rusty.


(the only helmet I will afford with teh prices going up all the time...)

Cheers
/Thomas

I use MGI photosuite 4 - which is about 5 years old now.

You pull up the image and pick the size you want and it reduces it with minimal loss.

Dave

Dave, if I'm not mistaken, that's a nice looking 1939 production Q62. Is that a vet pick-up piece? Love to see the runic side.

Shu

Some stunning helmets are shown here. Since I am a student, I couldn't afford too much helmets and other regalia last year, but I was able to acquire this helmet (I am still thankful to the person who gave me the opportunity to obtain it from him). Unfortunately, I had to let it go already after some months, but I still regret selling it. Here it is, an original and complete RZM helmet with a dark gun-blue finish. It is named twice.

Cees

So.... After a 10+ year hiatus from this forum, I thought I'd revisit.... I revived this old thread to see where some of these helmets now reside. It was rather entertaining to see some of these images..... Enjoy!!

Tom,

Great idea. You may have to prime the pump a little to get thing flowing.

Dave

Here is one my two helmets. My very first military purchase at 6 years old. $4 at the flea market in the northern suburbs of Paris in 1949.

Two faults - the head of the eagle on the scepter is gone and the chin strap was broken in the middle.

Otherwise, the pieces are all there, including the cover. I later found out that cover is worth as much as the helmet. The numeral once sewn to the front of the cover is gone but threads remain.

Here is the property stamp

hi dave
i believe this mark represents his unit yeager regt. 46 dated 1910 if i am wrong please educate me merry christmas god bless andy militarynut

I was told that "J.R.48" signified a machine gun outfit. Any body know?

Infantry regiment

hi tex
yes correct 56th infantry div. or i prefur jeager regt..as long as dave is happy makes me happy thanks for outher opinions god bless andy militarynut

Andy,

I'm happy. What do you want for $4 ?

hi dave
you must have been shopping with vern at the same place i shopped in 1956 ye ole hunter alexander verginia my pichelb cost me 2.00 sorry i had a coupon god bless andy militarynut

Andy,

Nope

1949 - My father worked for a machine tool manufacturer and we moved to France. Grandma gave me $5 and we visited the flea market in the North of Paris. I blew $4 on that helmet and I still have it.

Dave

hi dave
well excuse me sir lucky little boy and god bless grandma 5.00 in 1949 that was a ton of money in those years boy just think paris in before a 1949 ten years before a few dozen german soldiers drinking beer on the side walks and took over france man what history hey dave thanks for the great memories that 5.00 bought not todays world thats for sure god bless andy militarynut