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This is a real honest single para helmet. The shell shows some honest use and wear. The paint has an even brown patina with some of the original decal still remaining. The straps are all original and relatively sound. The snaps are not prym, but the star variation. The liner is original and all there, but brown with age. The bolts are the correct early style, and have both washers. The net is the correct wartime style which was universally used an all combat helmet. It matches the condition of the helmet very well. It has the ring in the back and 2 hooks @ the rim in front. It is impossible to tell whether the net has been with the helmet since the war, but it looks is if it is possible. Overall it is a great para, that costs less then the next fill up of your SUV.
This is a very honest combat veteran. It shows hones age and use. The nicely toned decal is the correct style for the Q helmet. The factory paint is approx 75% as is the decal. The liner is very solid, and matches the helmet very well. The strap is solid and full length. Overall, this is a for-sure original SS helmet that comes with a lifetime money back guarantee, as do all items sold here, which is better than a maybe real SS helmet bought on Ebay.
This is the rare M.34 light weight helmet used by the German technical emergency service. The paint is just about 98% with excellent decals. The national color decal is the correct type seen on these TeNo helmets. The outside on this helmet has nothing lacking. I could not ask for better!! The liner is original and very solid with just a dry spot @ the back. The chinstrap is also original and made of rubber. It is overall very solid. The strap is riveted to the cardboard band, and has torn out the rivet on one side. It was glued years ago. This helmet was owned by Steve Wolf years ago, and sold for more than I am asking for it back in the late 1960s. If you collect the light weight helmets, this is for you! It is the best one of these I have ever seen!
This is a really honest helmet. The paint and decals are about 80%. The paint is the correct non reflective style. The liner has never been moved or replaced. The leather liner is still light colored and solid. All 3 rivets are un-messed with. The full length strap is original, but has 2 areas where it was taped together. Overall, this is a good, very honest example. If you fear replicas; this is for you.
This helmet was found in Estonia in 2000 hanging in a punk bar (really). I was recently emailed info from the original buyer. I will include the info with the helmet. This is a super original piece. The finish is the correct semi rough field grey paint. It is very good, and still has the nice green color, and has not turned brown with age. There is a discolored area on top from some rust, but it still has the paint, and no pits or damage. The decal was removed a very long time ago, perhaps during the last months of the war, which was often done. Just the outside edges of the silver shield with black border remain. The liner has never been removed or fixed. A piece of the leather in back has been cut out. I think to hide the name of the owner. There are just a few tops of letters left indicating the owner inscribed his name and other info into the leather. If only this helmet could talk! The leather is very nice and solid and still a cream color. I bought it from an old collection without a chinstrap, and put one of my high quality made in Europe chin straps, just so it would look complete. This is a great original piece. If you fear replicas, this is for you. With the price of good SS helmets @ $5k+, this is a great value! Thank you Giovanni for the great info!!
This is really good 3 color spray camo helmet. It has 95% original paint and has a very attractive appearance. There were originally 2 swastikas painted, one on each side approximately where the decals would be found. The swastikas were removed neatly by a collector. I consider that to be a good sign of originality. The rivets have never been re-bent or replaced. This is a good opportunity to buy a nice original 3 color camo without taking out a home equity loan which the bank will not give you anyway, with all the problems lately.
We has a no pay, so here it is again. This is a great untouched helmet. The paint is a thick tan finish with old rust coming through. The rivets are original and have never been re-bent. The liner is 1938 dated and the correct aluminum band. The strap is full length, and solid. The entire shell is slightly mushed or pressed in @ the sides. It is hard to see, and is a very small amount, but looks to be a wartime thing. Overall this helmet is a great tropical that displays very well.
This is a super honest and original example bought from one of my favorite dealers, Bill Shea, several years ago. The white finish is a relatively thick paint showing really honest age and cracks. It is about 90% overall, and displays really well from the right side. The left side has some damage where the where an army decal would be, but never was. The front, I am told originally had a very old US 3rd Army decal, but was removed by a dealer long ago, so there is around area missing the white paint. The liner looks to be original to the helmet, and is in solid condition. Original white helmets are really tough to find, especially 100% original ones. Overall it displays well, and looks the way it should.
This one is right of the woodwork. NOTHING has been worked on or changed. The decal is great with it being 95%+. The paint is appropriate to the decal, and is still a green color, and not turned brown over the years. The liner has never been changed with all 3 rivets being factory installed and never re-bent. The leather has a few small tears to one area, but is overall solid. The strap has broken off @ the long end, and the buckle has become lost. I will include an original buckle with this helmet. The inside has a great dome stamp. These do not come out of the woodwork like it the old days, and I feel guilty selling it.
This is a very solid example of the standard M42 Army single decal combat helmet. The decal is really good, and was never lacquered over, so it still retains it's original silver color. The rough green finish is equally nice, and has not turned brown over the years. The original liner is very solid, as is the original full length chin strap. Overall, this is a very good and solid example for you collection.
This is a great helmet in wonderful condition. The paint is the correct rough finish, and is still nice and green, not a toned brown. The liner is original to the helmet with all 3 spacers, and nice not re-bent rivets. The leather is still a cream color and is a large size 60. Overall it a really nice and desirable large size combat helmet. 
This is a very attractive example. The paint is still a nice green color, and not turned brown. The finish is a semi smooth color and looks to be one of the 1st no decal examples. The steel is from a low quality roll, as there are defects in the shell. The inside has a nice dome stamp. The liner is original to the piece as is the strap. The leather still has the nice cream color. The rivets are untouched, but have become a little loose over the years. This is a really good example of a standard combat helmet.
This is great combat veteran. It began life as a double decal army M. 35 and was repainted in the field later during the war with some non reflective grey green paint. The paint shows honest age and combat use. The liner is the original one to the helmet, and is the correct aluminum band that belongs in a an M35 shell. It is dry, and all there, but shows honest age and use. If you fear replicas, this is for you.
This is right out of the woodwork in Detroit. It is a very attractive Luft M40 single decal helmet. The decal is 95%, and has turned a nice toned color over the years. The paint is equally nice. The rivets have never been rebent or removed. The inner band is very good, but the rest is missing. Overall, this is a really attractive helmet which will display really well, priced under a $milloin.  
This is an attractive M40 Luft that has been period brush painted, and a second Luft decal applied. The finish is very nice and as is the nicely toned decal. The National Color decal has been made of period medical tape painted with the appropriate color. I am not sure is this was dome during the war, but it is definitely old. The liner is very nice and sound. The rivets all have the correct spacers. Overall it displays very well.
This one is right out of the woodwork down in Tennessee; I bought it form a friend that advertises for military items in the local paper. It is a good honest combat helmet with approx 90% original paint. The decal is about 80%, and again, shows honest age and use. The liner is original to the helmet and is very attractive. The rivets have never been re-bent or fixed. Overall this is a good example reasonably priced.
This is one of those helmets that we wish could talk. It has approximately 10-15% original tropical tan paint on the outside and almost all the original tan paint on the inside flange. There is a good amount of the original Luftwaffe blue paint still showing, There is a shrapnel hole through the Luftwaffe decal, that knocked out the air vent bushing. Overall, this is a super honest Luft Tropical camo helmet that is cheaper than the price of gas to fill up your SUV. I am unable to see the makers code, because of the tan paint covering it up.
This is right out of the woodwork in SW Michigan. It is a standard singe decal transitional helmet with approx 75-80% original thick paint. Decal is about half there. There is an original bullet hole in the top, which I am not charging extra for. The liner is original to the helmet and is mostly sound, but dry. All 3 rivets have the original washers, and none of the rivets have been re-bent. The interesting part is are the original WWI era M16 chinstrap lugs which have been shaved off on the outside, and are not visible. From the inside, they are just a small domed rivet. It is definitely period work, and an interesting variation, that I have not seen before.
This is a solid example of a Luftwaffe field div helmet. It is a standard m42 helmet painted over in war time green field paint. It is not a super screaming 3 color camo, but the paint is has a nice color and is about 95%. The original decal is visible under the green paint. The liner has never been moved, and all 3 rivets and spacers are un re-bent The liner is solid except for one dry break. Inside you can see a very nice dome stamp. This is overall a really good example of a Luftwaffe field div. helmet.
There has been much debate over these helmets over the last 15 years. I first discovered these helmets in Prague before the wall came down around 1985. The Germans used Prague as a depot for tropical uniforms and equipment. The Germans had planned great offensives in southern Russia with the goal of eventually linking up with the troops from Africa. These helmets could have been part of the tropical stuff for those planned operations. All these tan helmets, I have observed were always made with German war-time parts and to German specs. Some collectors have made some statements about them being for an order to Egypt after the war, by the Czechs. I am not sure. Perhaps they were rebuilt after the war, but why? In any event it is mint and all German WWII parts. Yes, I have one in my collection too.
There has been much debate over these helmets over the last 15 years. I first discovered these helmets in Prague before the wall came down around 1985. The Germans used Prague as a depot for tropical uniforms and equipment. The Germans had planned great offensives in southern Russia with the goal of eventually linking up with the troops from Africa. These helmets could have been part of the tropical stuff for those planned operations. All these tan helmets, I have observed were always made with German war-time parts and to German specs. Some collectors have made some statements about them being for an order to Egypt after the war, by the Czechs. I am not sure. Perhaps they were rebuilt after the war, but why? In any event it is very good and all German WWII parts. The paint is flaking a little, which looks to be from storage on the bottom of the pile of helmets. Yes, I have one in my collection too.
This is a really solid and attractive helmet. The paint is the correct blue/black color and is really good, as are both police decals. The liner is original to the helmet, and is overall really solid with only several of the holes in the tip ends pulled through. The strap is also original to the helmet, and is really sound. The rear rivet was lost and sometime along the life of the helmet replaced with a screw and nut. I will include an original rivet and spacer with the helmet. Overall, this is a really nice beaded police helmet for your collection.
This is a nice original factory guard helmet period painted in a flat grey over the dark blue. The red logo is stenciled on the front and is in great condition. I am unsure what the factory is or was. The inside is also painted grey over the original Luftschutz decal. The liner and strap are complete, but a little dry. Both the liner and strap look to be original to the helmet. Overall, it is a nice original example.
Ouch, that must have hurt! If you ever wondered what you had to do for a GOLD wound badge, well, this is it This one is from an Antique picker in Toledo. It is a M40 Army, and again, it is in as found condition. The interior rim is present, as are the rivets. It is a super example of what big shells do. The German soldiers always complained that the US Army used their artillery too much.
This is not a German helmet, but the Romanians were alias to the Germans and fought heavily on the Russian Front. This came from a Russian Ebay dealer who sold it to a friend of mine. It shows honest age from being in the ground, but the shell is still very solid. There are lots of bullet holes, which I am not charging extra for. It is a neat real relic of the Russian front.
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