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Couple of New Lids #151433 06/06/2008 04:47 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Below are 2 lids I found locally from a gentleman that I work with who purchased them back in The Hauge in 1958/59. Rescued from the garage attic… 1st up is a M35 SD Heer re-issue, NS66 2.JPG (41.84 KB, 191 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151434 06/06/2008 04:49 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Other side where some one added a paper decal...it's been there a long time and this is how the person bought it so I'm leaving it alone. 3.JPG (41.06 KB, 186 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151435 06/06/2008 04:50 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Inside and there are a couple of pages of an old Dutch paper tucked in the liner 7.JPG (51.64 KB, 181 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151436 06/06/2008 04:50 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado The paper... 9.JPG (55.15 KB, 179 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151437 06/06/2008 04:52 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Not the best pictures of this one, I need to take them again, although I was rather shocked when I walked into the garage and found it on the bench... c1.jpg (56.36 KB, 180 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151438 06/06/2008 04:52 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Other side c2.JPG (53.98 KB, 178 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151439 06/06/2008 04:52 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Front c3.JPG (51.93 KB, 177 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151440 06/06/2008 04:54 AM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Inside c4.JPG (53.74 KB, 170 downloads)

Re: Couple of New Lids #151441 06/06/2008 08:30 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 563 Rob Sutton Rob Sutton Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 563 Looks like you are a very lucky boy .Rob

Re: Couple of New Lids #151442 06/06/2008 05:04 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,945 South Florida Ed Martin Ed Martin Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,945 South Florida I'm not a helmet guy but a nice find ,makes the hunt worth it all. You know you're over the hill when "Happy Hour" means Nap Time

Re: Couple of New Lids #151443 06/07/2008 06:05 PM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 179 Canada K K.P. K.P. K Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 179 Canada Untouched examples are the coolest!! Thanks for the pic's.

Re: Couple of New Lids #151444 06/07/2008 08:10 PM Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 380 Paris S.Vestae S.Vestae Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 380 Paris Interesting helmet... thanks for your post Sebastien. German Caps : http://coiffures.aceboard.fr Waffen SS Forum : http://dasreich.forumsactifs.com/

Re: Couple of New Lids #151445 06/08/2008 10:51 AM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 13 franZRoma franZRoma Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 13 hi Dave Cameron, fantastic M35 dd under nice paint como! http://blackbunker.forumattivo.com

Re: Couple of New Lids #151446 06/19/2008 12:14 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Gendarmerie1 OP OP Gendarmerie1 Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,267 Colorado Thanks for all the great comments! It was a pleasure to actually find something like these two helmets virtually untouched and never before in a collection!