German helmet

Rare M38 paratrooper or Fallschirmjäger helmet in camouflage paint marked ckl68 indicating production by Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale. The helmet is in as found condition retaining most of its factory paint and a large portion of its original camouflage paint. The helmet retains its original liner. There are two secondary nuts of the bolts missing. The straps are complete but the buckle and the stitching of the place where the several parts cross are partially undone. The liner and chinstrap are both supple and have been treated with some leather creme. The helmet is a nice original example in used condition, complete with liner, chinstraps and dome pad. This would be a nice piece to restore the straps, or display as is. Nice original and rare Fallschirmjäger helmet!

Very nice original Luftwaffe summer flight helmet. The helmet is in very good, lightly worn condition and retains all cables, snaps, buckles and communications equipment but is lacking the plug! The leather headphone covers are made of nice brown leather that would nicely compliment any mannequin.

ckl64 M42 single decal Heer helmet with bullet damage in very good condition. The helmet is marked CKL62 indicating production by Eisenhuttenwerke Thale. The helmet is a textbook single decal example with a near perfect toned Heer decal. The helmet retains its factory installed liner. The chinstrap is a unmarked original which in my opinion was added to the helmet at some point. The shell has a large hole portruding the upper part of the shell above the reach of the fingers of the liner. There is another subsequent ‘ding’ on the back indicating a second hit. Very nice and aesthetic example; a conversation piece for sure.

Rare  M35 Luftwaffe double decal wire camouflage helmet marked ET64 indicating production by Eisenhuttenwerke Thale. This is a textbook pre war M35 double decal helmet with original factory installed liner and broken chocolate brown chinstrap. The helmet retains its original decals and factory finish up to 80%. Externally the helmet was lightly camouflaged with several neatly applied green spots all over the helmet. The helmet has a period applied metal wire around the helmet for the application of vegetation. There is a good amount of interaction of the shell with the wire which was applied to the helmet before the war’s end. The helmets shell is slightly deformed at the front left rivet which can be seen observing the shape of the shell. This is probably due to artillery explosion shockwaves because there is no damage to the shell or its paint indicating a direct hit or drop. The helmet is named Gefreiter Schwenk in the skirt of the shell. The helmet is a US veteran bring back and was stored in a footlocker until approximately 10 years ago when it was sold on the MAX show. It has been in a single collection since and now the first time on the open market. Hard to upgrade and for sure original wire camouflage helmet in excellent condition!