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Funny how everyone tends to like the M35s. Personally, I like the transitionals better..they tend to typify the early SS and the Gothic all-black look. However, that said, I do believe the black M35s are much more rare than the "trannies". The trannies though are harder to find in real nice condition.

Here's a rare pic of a black M35 in period wear by an SS-TV member.

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Eek You HAVE been holding out on your Forum friends. Bad boy. Big Grin

Nice helm. Cool

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Darryl,

I'm in AWWWWWW. Two in a day....


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Wow....Anton Glaser's helmet is nothing....THIS one really takes the prize for the most interesting helmet shown here in recent memory.

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Wow! VERY IMPRESSIVE. Those are some jaw dropping helmets indeed.

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darryl,

Man o Man! super nice. Thanks for giving us a peek. Eek

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Eek Eek

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From the cover of Andrew Mollo's classic work, "A Pictorial History of the SS - 1923-1945" here is a sea of black SS M35 helmets at Nurnberg. Makes you wonder where they are now.

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I know where they are.................they're all up in Canada at Darryls'.............. Cool Big Grin Wink

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Awesome helmet ,great thing about these forums is you can share your lids with other appreaciative collectors .Rob.

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most of them are repainted,

some killer lids you have,
never hold a black painted m35 ss

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Hi Marc,

Yes, it was a rhetorical question. Actually, the vast majority of black M35s were repainted feldgrau and reissued to the Verfugungstruppe (later Waffen-SS). Only a small number would have been held back in reserve for possible parade purposes.

Of the older transitional helmets, most of these (according to Mollo) were melted down for their metal and used for the war effort. Although you see a few of the WW1 style helmets in WW2 combat use there were not that many around after about 1940.

I believe Terry Goodapple has an example of a black SS transitional overpainted with felgrau paint for issue to the field troops. I have not seen nor heard of another.

Cheers,


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Confused Eek EekWOW WOW ANOTHER FANTASTIC HELMET.SUPERB.CONGRAT Smile

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Here's another nice image of black M35 helmets being worn. This is from Mark Yerger's "Images of the Waffen-SS" on page 156 and shows a unit of SS-Totenkopf "Oberbayern" on parade.

Cheers,

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Another killer lid Darryl. Wow....


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Congratulations, Darryl! Smile Looks like your house now became a DEUITSCHE BLACK HELMET BANK. Keep it up. Big Grin I agree, the wartime necessity of recyling the black helmets into the field gray ones account for the ultra rarity of the black M35s. Long time ago I owned a Heer decaled rough-textured M35 with a rottenfuhrer name in the liner. It had black paint visible through its scuffs. I wonder where it is now. Should have kept it.

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Actually, I only keep a couple here at the house...for fondling Big Grin. The others are stored at another location for safe-keeping. However, I have lots of digital pics here on the computer that I can use for reference and posting and such.

Shu, your old Heer helmet sounds like it was a very cool example...even better than the Heer/SS one I still own.

Cheers,


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From my collection of early SS portraits.... this original portrait of an SS VT officer wearing one of the combat M35s painted black.

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Is it me, or does he look like that genius from Star Trek?
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Ahem...Ken....I'm new to this forum, but shouldn't he be wearing an ear-cut-out?

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Darryl,congrats again.What a fantastic helmet!!
I also like the transitionals best,but this one
is Eek Eek Eek.
Really hope to have one in my collection someday.
I have only seen and hold one example in my life
,and it was way to expensive for me then.

And Welcome to the forum Frank,i know we have "meet" before here in cyberspace.
Nice to see you here too.

Regards,

Anders.

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Yes indeed...it's nice to see Frank finally posting here. I have known him for a long time and he is one of the good guys in this hobby...a purist who loves helmets and collecting. None finer.

Hopefully we will be able to talk Frank into posting pictures of some German helmets from his great collection.

Wecome to the forum, Frank.

Cheers,


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Darryl as usual you got some stunning stuff....
My congrats!!!

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Darryl, congratulations! Heart thumping helmets, would love to lay my hands on one of those M35's. Tim.

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If anybody deserved to get these black SS helmets then they for sure ended up the right place, just beautiful! Smile

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Most likely at the bottom of the ocean in the bow of some sunken freighter smelled down in 1946. LOL

Darryl you are amazing. Congratulations on your new acquisition(s). Unbelievable. Unbelievably unbelievable....[
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Originally posted by darryl:
From the cover of Andrew Mollo's classic work, "A Pictorial History of the SS - 1923-1945" here is a sea of black SS M35 helmets at Nurnberg. Makes you wonder where they are now.


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