Helmets & Parts

A very nice Dutch pre war helmet reissued in the Wehrmacht. There are in general two types of pre war Dutch helmets reissued within the German army. The first type was a compete example with Dutch liner and chinstrap which was captured directly from army stocks in 1940. The second type were 4160 unfinished shells that were sold to the German government by the Dutch company of Artillerie Inrichtingen that was liquidated in 1942. These shells were acquired and fitted with specially modified German helmet liners by the company Biedermann & Charnikow in Litzmannstadt. These helmets were made specifically for the Schutzmannschaft and mostly issued guarding rural areas and fighting Partisans on the eastern front. The helmet comes with its wartime converted and assembled German M31 liner. Due to the shape of the helmets shell the liners are always installed backwards on a specifically designed mounting plate. Externally the lion plate insignia on the front has been removed and the helmet has been fully repainted in a textured Feldgrau paint. Exceptionally rare example that would be very hard to upgrade!

 

This helmet was recently recovered in a small group of helmets which were collected straight after the Liberation in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands and has never been in a collection before.

 

Luftschutz Gladiator helmet marked RL2-38/28 in excellent condition with its original decal, liner, chinstrap and drawstring.

Luftschutz Gladiator helmet marked RL2-40/2 in excellent condition with its original decal, liner, chinstrap and drawstring.

Attractive Heer single decal M40 helmet marked EF64 indicating production by Emaillierwerke Fulda. The helmet retains its original factory fitted liner and chinstrap and up to 90% of its original factory finish and decal. The helmet is a GI bring back and retains a handpainted swastika to the front dome. Excellent and textbook Heer helmet!

Q68 M35 Beaded Luftschutz helmet in excellent condition. Hard to find large sized example!

Stunning M35 double decal Luftwaffe helmet marked Q66 indicating production by Quist. The helmet is a excellent and stunning early example retaining up to 95% of its factory finish and decals. The decals are textbook for this type of helmet. The early Luftwaffe decals feature a sophisticated swastika portion which has all 4 legs separate with the folding is typical for the application. The tricolor is in near perfect condition. The helmet retains its factory installed liner with early chinstrap. The dome of the helmet shows the date stamp 1939. The helmet is stunning example that would be very hard to upgrade!

Belgian first world war used Adrian helmet in good, as found condition with period applied insiginia to the front.

EF62 M40 helmet with handpainted swastika from Valkenswaard in good used condition. The helmet has no decal but has name Wagna in the liner. The lot number is 23439 which corresponds to a Kriegsmarine helmet. The front of the helmet has a handpainted swastika which was typical for a Liberation parade. Nice untouched example!

This helmet was recently recovered in a small group of helmets which were collected straight after the Liberation in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands and has never been in a collection before.

Luftwaffe Flight helmet by Striegel & Wagner Kom.-Ges. Lichtenfels size 57 in excellent condition.

Beautiful Luftwaffe double decal M35 helmet marked ET64 indicating production by Eisenhuttenwerke Thale. The helmet has both of its decals with its thricolor covered with a textured paint. The helmet retains a field applied textured paint finish retaining up to 80%. The helmet is a typical, pre war example with factory installed reinforced aluminum liner. The liner is named Behrend and has the Feldpostnummer L34705 indicating the following units.
(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (E)
Weisse/Warthe,
(2.1.1940-27.4.1940) Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (E) 42/XI,
(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 1.6.1944 Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 226/X7 (Bernay which is between Lisieux and Rouen.

Rare Q66 M35 black (!) SS-VT / Waffen-SS helmet found in Troissereux. This helmet is a stunning, combat worn example of a SS-VT helmet which started its life as a green double decal SS helmet. It was then repainted in black with a additional set of decals for parade use. The helmet was then subsequently repainted in a light grey finish around both decals. This is the rare but typical helmet for the SS-VT and LSSAH during the Dutch and French campaign. The last repaint in light grey is well known to have a very bad adhesion to the black paint underneath and are nearly always completely worn down to the black paint. The swastika decal has been neatly period removed as per regulations in 1940. The helmet is marked Q66 indicating production by Quist with the lot number 1142 which is typical for these early SS helmets. The helmet retains its factory installed liner.

This helmet was one of the first SS helmets issued to the SS-Verfügungstruppen and stayed in service until 1944 when this helmet was picked up by a boy in the town of Troissereux which is north of the town of Beauvais. On 16 and 18 august 1944 21 civilians were shot by the Germans in this town. There are a number of photographs of the 1./s.SS.PzAbt. 101 of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler moving trough the area on 24 august 1944. The helmet was picked up by a collector in Beauvais and has been in a collection for a very long time. If you are after that Waffen-SS or SS-VT helmet that has seen the whole war, or you need a helmet for a 1940 campaign display; this is it!

Nice original aluminium case for the Luftwaffe 295 type flight goggles in excellent condition. The case is nicely dated 1937 and is complete with the rare internal cup for the spare glasses. Nice and hard to find example!

German helmet liner marked B&C Litzmannstadt 1943 size 64/56

Imperial Prussian Pickelhaube in as found condition. A nice candidate for restoration or to use for spare parts.

A nice original Luftschutz gladiator type helmet in very good condition. The helmet retains its original factory applied liner. The original paint and decal still retains up to 90%!

Luftwaffe LKp. W. 101 flight helmet in very good condition. The helmet is complete with cable, headphones and throat microphone.

Luftwaffe LKp. W. 101 flight helmet in very good condition, size 55. The helmet is missing its microphone attatchment, cable and headphones.

German helmet liner marked Metall-Lederverarbeit 1943 64/56 in good condition.