#66568
03/10/2006 07:28 PM
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Huh? What's this !?!?!?!?
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#66569
03/10/2006 07:32 PM
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Wait !!!! Come back !!!
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#66570
03/10/2006 07:34 PM
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Maybe the FedEx guy left a present on the front porch. I'd better scamper downstairs and see...
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#66571
03/10/2006 07:35 PM
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Joy !!!
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#66572
03/10/2006 07:58 PM
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#66573
03/10/2006 08:24 PM
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Cody, You are taking these type of thread to the next level!!! Bryan
Bryan
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#66574
03/10/2006 09:04 PM
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Bryan, You're right...this type of thread is the new way to build up the suspense level. Just wait until my next FedEx package arrives. I'm going to show the airplane landing in Toronto! PS - you guys are going to be in awe with Cody's new baby... Cheers,
Darryl
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#66575
03/10/2006 09:13 PM
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Open the darn thing Glenn
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#66576
03/10/2006 09:41 PM
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I think it's a german helmet.
regards,
Thijs
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#66577
03/10/2006 09:50 PM
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I am sure it has nothing to do with 3rd Reich Militaria.
Maybe a box of Fruit from Florida
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#66578
03/10/2006 10:08 PM
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I didn't send Cody any fruit....
Open the darn thing.....
Erik
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#66579
03/10/2006 10:31 PM
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I think its Shu Kamisada on his stateside tour.
Robert
We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men...leaning together, headpiece filled with straw. Alas!--T.S. Eliot 1925
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#66580
03/10/2006 10:33 PM
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The sign of an advanced collector: Able to maintain composure long enough to photograph the box before opening it.
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#66581
03/10/2006 11:44 PM
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Shu Kamisada is eating an ice cream cone waiting to see what will happen next. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Hey, Robert! It was nice seeing you again at the show! Shu
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#66582
03/10/2006 11:57 PM
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Well, it must be time to see what's inside the box...
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#66583
03/11/2006 12:06 AM
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Waffen SS M-35dd, ET64, 1939-dated reinforced aluminum linerband, leather is named to 'Braun', 1938-dated chinstrap, domestamp is far too faint to read, but, if you click your heels together and squint 'just right' a date can almost be seen. The runic decal is the very same one as shown in Baer, page 189. I have known of this gorgeous helmet for some time and now happily own it. Hope you enjoy the eye candy. Cody
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#66584
03/11/2006 12:09 AM
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#66585
03/11/2006 12:10 AM
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#66586
03/11/2006 12:14 AM
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Eye popping
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#66587
03/11/2006 12:36 AM
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WOW Cody, that is one sh*t hot helmet. Tim.
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#66588
03/11/2006 12:40 AM
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#66589
03/11/2006 01:04 AM
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Knee buckling! Do they come any better? Congratulations!
Robert
PS...Dittos Shu, nice to see you at SOS.
We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men...leaning together, headpiece filled with straw. Alas!--T.S. Eliot 1925
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#66590
03/11/2006 01:17 AM
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#66591
03/11/2006 01:24 AM
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A killer
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#66592
03/11/2006 01:54 AM
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Wow.....what a hat. I am dying of "helmet envy".
Also, I think that I heard the faint sound of Shu's ice cream cone hitting the floor!
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#66593
03/11/2006 02:12 AM
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No..that was the sound of my jaw hitting the kitchen table Super, just super
Chris
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#66594
03/11/2006 03:17 AM
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Oh man. Now I know how far I need to go. Killer, rightous helmet. In envy, Paul
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#66595
03/11/2006 03:28 AM
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Absolutely stunning helmet Cody. One of the best I have ever seen.
"And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow" -Cross of Iron
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#66596
03/11/2006 03:33 AM
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Cody....how could you do this to us?
Erik
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#66597
03/11/2006 03:44 AM
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"Here's yer money back fer them souvenirs. Ya been scarin' hell outta our replacements." -Bill Mauldin's Willy & Joe.
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#66598
03/11/2006 04:36 AM
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Hey...I just got here...into the Helmet thing I mean...that is my cousin Hans Braun's steel pot...would you mind sending it back to me? thanx in advance...Roland.
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#66599
03/11/2006 05:30 AM
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Cody, That is a beauty.............I think I have it's twin brother Larry
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#66600
03/11/2006 05:42 AM
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That's one killer helmet Congrats, Glenn
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#66601
03/11/2006 10:50 AM
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Stunning........
Cheers Don
"Much that once was, is lost, for none now live who remember it"
Galadriel, LotR.
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#66602
03/11/2006 11:02 AM
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Cody,
So glad you got it and it is spectacular! Well Done!
Always Looking for Quality US Airborne items. tlckkibler@msn.com
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#66603
03/11/2006 11:36 AM
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Outstanding helmet .Roland what is that in your avatar? Rob.
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#66604
03/11/2006 12:41 PM
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Sweeeeeeeet. Dean
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#66605
03/11/2006 01:45 PM
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In this case the tease was worth it. Magnificent acquisition. -Mike
Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum.
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#66606
03/11/2006 01:54 PM
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Who needs SOS Louisville when you've got the good stuff dropped off on your doorstep from FEDEX! Thats coldblooded. Robert
We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men...leaning together, headpiece filled with straw. Alas!--T.S. Eliot 1925
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#66607
03/11/2006 02:17 PM
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Rob...I dont understand it either...on May 15th of 1967 some guy in the Rep. of Viet Nam did not like me and made a mess of my "chicken plate"...daah...it was a perfectly olive chicken plate until he done that...so now I use it as my atavar...since it did save my life that day...it hangs in my library...since all the doorgunner, crewchiefs, pilots and co-pilots of the 176th assault Helicopter Company signed it for me...your SteinMeister
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#66608
03/11/2006 04:49 PM
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Excellent!! Unfortunately all this does is make my meger collection even megerer.
is megerer a word??
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#66609
03/11/2006 05:31 PM
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See? I told you guys that you would be awe-struck. Magnificent helmet, Cody. And in that pristine condition it is a virtually one-of-a-kind example.
Cheers,
Darryl
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#66610
03/11/2006 05:43 PM
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the kind words. I feel very fortunate to have acquired this magnificent example of Waffen SS kit. After purchase negotiations began, Kelly pointed out the Baer association. That bit of frosting certainly made the acquisition sweeter.
Thanks again, Cody
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#66611
03/11/2006 06:51 PM
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WOW, What an incredible helmet. Its beautiful Tonym
Tonym
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#66612
03/11/2006 07:15 PM
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Cody,Cody.....congrats to a super killer M35 DD. What a helmet and what a condition Best Regards, Anders L.
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#66613
03/12/2006 03:46 AM
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Cody. A dream come true lid, by any measure. Awsome, awsome, awsome... of course.
SSTK Oberbayern
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#66614
03/12/2006 02:23 PM
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Seeing pictures of helmets like that makes Woodrow come up a hard!!
Dem Deutschen Volk
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#66615
03/12/2006 05:39 PM
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He did it again! What a wonderful helmet! Super cool! Congratulations! Shu
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#66616
03/12/2006 06:53 PM
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Just got off the phone with a collector-friend 'up here' in Oregon. As it turns out, this helmet was acquired by an associate of my friend's from a vet in Beaverton, OR on a bright, warm Sunday in 1984. Earlier, I had sent images of the helm to this friend, whereby, he immediately recognized the helmet from the tiny kachunka in the upper-left corner of the runic shield. "That's it!" J. Goodman, who acquired the helmet from the vet, was told of if by another who just didn't have time to go see the thing. Too bad. Goodman kept it long enough to receive credit in the Baer book then sold it to the person from who I received it. Small world we helmet collectors inhabit. Curiously, the helmet is back home in Oregon. Cody
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#66617
09/19/2008 10:09 AM
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Unbelivable...what a beauty.
Regards Trond.
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#66618
09/19/2008 02:19 PM
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Hello Cody,....I am so envious, It's just superb, I didn't think they came as good as that.....I bet it didn't come from Manions!!!....I suppose the obvious next question must be, have any black M35 DDs in a similar condition survived? Many thanks.
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