German helmet M35,found last week in city Venlo Netherland.Helmet is in nice condition,found under an old road on my work
Hello harmpie,
Can you tell if the airvent is stamped or an individual part? From the one photograph, it appears stamped which would make it an M40 style vs. an M35. From the length of the front helmet brim, I would guess the size to be a 66 or 68. I've never seen an original helmet color that shade of green so I'm thinking it's your camera setting. Waff is absolutly correct, for any one original anymore, there are thirty fakes on the market. Make that 100 to 1 for the SS helmets. Here are a few of mine from forty years of collecting.
Best regards,
Randall
Hello danoHarmpie, on the helmet color. Is that paint on it or gack from being buried. It is interesting how the inside of the helmet has the red splotch also. Just picking for information. I'm a relic guy and think your helmet is absolutely awesome....Dano
Hi Harm, Thanks so much for the information. I would like to ask if it would be possible to see pictures throughout your cleaning process. I love the dug relics for many reasons one of which is the absolute knowledge that you are dealing with a 100% original piece. Great thread....DanoHello dano
on the helmet color is gack (rust) from being buried.Inside the helmet is no red splotch.Today i cleaned the helmet a little bit and there is an wehrmacht-decal under the green paint on the right side.I won't remove the paint for seeing the decal.
Grtz,Harm