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**kenbent** · 06-23-2011, 06:54 AM

I'll add this one:

American Paratrooper helmets
Mediterranean & European theater of operations
Michel De Trez, Histoire & collections, 2010
ISBN 978-2-35250-141-1

**Peter_Suciu** · 06-23-2011, 02:23 PM

I hadn't updated that list in a LONG time. Here is the more recent version:

Suggested Reading for Helmet Collectors (Updated 02/21/11) Steel Pots
Chris Armold
R James Bender Pub (December 1997)
ISBN: 091213870X

Painted Steel: Steel Pots, Volume II
Chris Armold
R James Bender Pub (September 2000)
ISBN: 0912138823

Collecting Military Headgear: A Guide to 5000 Years of Helmet History
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2004)
Robert Attard
ISBN: 0-7643-2102-1

The History of the German Steel Helmet, 1916-1945
Ludwig Baer
R. James Bender Publishing (January 1985)
ISBN: 0912138319

Vom Stahlhelm Zum Gefechtshelm Band 1 (1915-1945)
Ludwig Baer
Neu-Anspach (1994)
ISBN: 3-9803864-0-6

Vom Stahlhelm Zum Gefechtshelm Band 2 (1919-1994)
Ludwig Baer
Neu-Anspach (1994)
ISBN: 3-9803864-1-4

Vom Metallhelm Zum Kunststoffhelm
Ludwig Baer
Neu-Anspach (1999)
ISBN: 3-9803864-2-2

Vom Stahlhelm zum Kampfhelm: Die Geschichte des Österreichischen Stahlhelmes
Ludwig Baer
Neu-Anspach (2006)
ISBN: 3-9803864-4-9

The Wolsely Helmet in Pictures: From Omdurman to El Alamein
Stuart Bates and Peter Suciu
PSB Publishing (2010)
ISBN: 978-0-9806567-0-1

SS Helmets: The History, Use and Decoration of the Helmets of the Black Corps
Michael D. Beaver with Kelly Hicks
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2006)
ISBN: 0-7643-2476-4

Wehrmacht Combat Helmets 1933-45
Brian C. Bell, Illustrated by Kevin Lyles
Osprey Publishing (2004)
ISBN: 1-84176-725-5 (2004)

Vojenské Ocelové Prílby: 1915-1945
Ctirad Beneš
Filatelie Pardubice (1999)

Prílba – Ochrana I Ozdoba Válecníka
Ctirad Beneš
Naše Vojsko (2002)
ISBN: 80-206-0651-3

M33 Analis Di Un Elmo
Diego Bosi
Marvia Edizioni (2006)
ISBN: 78889-089125

Head-Dress of the Canadian Mounted Police: 1873-2000
Dr. James J. Boulton
Bunker to Bunker Publishing (2000)
ISBN: 1-894255-07-0

The Pickelhaube: Volume 1 Line Infantry
J.A. Bowman
Imperial Publications (1989)
ISBN: 1-871498-007

The Pickelhaube: Volume 2 Wartime, Ersatz, Reserve & Artillery
J.A. Bowman
Imperial Publications (1989)
ISBN: 1-871498-06-0

Coberturas Militares Portuguesas: 1740-1918
Pedro Soares Branco
Edições Inapa (2000)
ISBN: 972-8387-82-2

Tin Hats to Composite Helmets: A Collector's Guide
Martin J. Brayley
Crowood Press Ltd. (2008)
ISBN: 978-1-84797-024-4

Les Casques De L’Armée Française: De 1915 à 1945
Frédéric Bruyelle, Renaud Mansuy and François Raquillet
E.S.P., (1997)

Adrian: La storia e il mito dell'elmetto della Grande Guerra
Nicola Bultrini
Nordpress (2006)
ISBN: 788888-657615

Collecting Military Headgear of the First World War, 1914-1918
Brian Calkins
Andrew Mowbray Incorporated (1990)
ISBN: 0=917218-44-2

Head Dresses of the British Army: Cavalry
W.Y. Carman
Published by the author (1968)

Head Dresses of the British Army: Yeomanry
W.Y. Carman
Published by the author (1970)

Light Horse and Mounted Rifle Volunteers: 1860-1901
W.Y. Carman
Arrow Press (1995)
ISBN: 0 9516065 1 4

Tin Hat for Tommy
J. Anthony Carter
Tharston Press in association with International Military Antiques (2010)
ISBN: 0-946696-48-9

Brass Spikes and Horsehair Plumes: A study of U.S. Army Dress Helmets 1872-1902
Gordon Chappell
Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society (1966)

Summer Helmets of the U.S. Army, 1875-1910
Gordon Chappell
Wyoming State Achives and Historical Department (1976)

Brass Spikes and Horsetail Plumes: A History of U.S. Army Dress Helmets 1872-1904
Gordon Chappell
Thomas Publications (1997)
ISBN: 1-57747-001-XM

The British Soldier in the 20th Century: Field Service Head Dress 1902 to the Present Day
Mike Chappell
Wessex Military Publishing (1987)
ISBN: 1-870498-01-1

Russian Helmets: from Kaska to Stalshlyem 1916-2001
Robert W. Clawson
R James Bender Pub (November 2002)
ISBN: 0912138823

Spiked Helmets of Imperial Germany, Volume Two: Cavalry, Artillery, Train
Tony Cowan
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2005)
ISBN: 0-7643-2167-6

2,500 Years of European Helmets: 800 B.C. - 1700 AD
Howard M. Curtis
Beinfeld Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 0-917714-06-7

Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare
Bashford Dean
Yale University Press (1930)

Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare including World War II Supplement
Bashford Dan, with forward by Carl J. Pugliese
Pugliese (1977)

Helmets of the ETO: A Historial & Technical Guide
Régis Giard Férdéric Blais
Historie & Collections (2007)
ISBN: 978-2-35250-062-9

German Helmets 1933-1945
T.J. Goodapple and R.J. Weinand
Published by the authors (1981)
ISBN: 0685723364

German Helmets 1933-1945: Volume II
T.J. Goodapple, W.R. Maertz and R.J. Weinand
Published by the authors (1981)

Helmets of the First World War: Germany, Britain & their Allies
Michael J. Haselgrove & Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2000)
ISBN: 0-7643-1020-8

History of the Steel Helmet in the First World War: Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Vol. 1
Michael J. Haselgrove & Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2000)
ISBN: 0764325280

History of the Steel Helmet in the First World War: Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States, Vol. 2
Michael J. Haselgrove & Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2000)
ISBN: 0764325299

French Military Helmets of the XX Century: History and Identification (1900-1944)/Casques Militaires Français Du XXe Siécle: Histoire et Identification (1900-1944) Tome 1
Roland Hennequin
I.D.R. (1999)
ISBN: 2-912545-02-1

French Military Helmets of the XX Century: History and Identification (1945-1970)/Casques Militaires Français Du XXe Siécle: Histoire et Identification (1945-1970) Tome 2
Roland Hennequin
(2006)
ISBN: 978-2-316906-00-3

Militärische Kopfbedeckungen der Kaiserzeit
Reiner Herrmann
Motorbuch Verlag (2000)
ISBN: 3-613-02017-3

SS Helmets: A Collector's Guide
Kelly Hicks
Reddick Enterprises (January 1, 1993)
ISBN: 0962488356

SS Helmets: A Collector's Guide Volume II
Kelly Hicks
Reddick Enterprises January (1999)
ISBN: 0962488356

SS-Steel: Parade and Combat Helmets of Germany's Third Reich Elite
Kelly Hicks
R James Bender Pub (2004)
ISBN: 0-912138-96-3

SS-Steel: Parade and Combat Helmets of Germany's Third Reich Elite (Updated Edition)
Kelly Hicks
R James Bender Pub (2010)
ISBN: 1-93970-18-5

Deutsche Offiziershelme aus der Kaiserzeit: 1870-1918 Band 1
Joachim Hilsenbeck
Auflage (2004)
ISNB: 3-929652-03-X

Deutsche Offiziershelme aus der Kaiserzeit: 1870-1918 Band 2
Joachim Hilsenbeck
Auflage (2007)
ISNB: 978-3-929652-04-8

United States Army Headgear to 1854: Catalog of United States Army Uniforms in the Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Vol. 1
Edgar M. Howell and Donald E. Kloster
Published as United States National Musuem Bulletin 269
Smithsonian Institution Press (1969)

United States Srmy Headgear 1855-1902: Catalog of the United States Army Uniforms in the Collecitons of the Smithsonian Institution,
Vol 2
Edgar M. Howell
Smithsonian Studies in History and Tehnology; no. 30
Smithsonian Institution Press (1975)

The Dutch Steel Helmet: 1916-1946
Kevin de Joode
Batavian Lion International (2007)
ISBN: 789067-076210

Pickelhauben (Spiked Helmets)
Eric Johansson
H.S.M. Publications (1982)
Library of Congress catalog card number: 82-083464

A Guide Book to U.S. Army Dress Helmets: 1872-1904
Mark Kasal and Don Moore
North Cape Publications (2000)
ISBN: 1-882391-27-6

Combat Helmets of the Third Reich: A Study in Photographs
Thomas Kibler
Reddick Enterprises (2003)
ISBN: 1-929572-042

Combat Helmets of the Third Reich Volume II: Heer and Luftwaffe A Study in Photographs
Thomas Kibler
Reddick Enterprises (2005)
ISBN: 1-929572-07-7

Helmy Wojska Polskiego 1917-1991
Jacek Kijak
Wydawnictwo Bellona (1993)
ISBN: 83-11-07997-8

Helmy Wojska Polskiego 1917-2000
Jacek Kijak
Bellona (2000)
ISBN: 831109636-8

Helme: Militärischer Formationen und ziviler Wachkörper in Österreich-Ungarn um 1900 (Helmets of Military Formations and Civil Guard units in Austria-Hungary ca. 1900)
Herbert Klima, English translations by Richard K. Riehn
Graf Klenau (1971)

Europäishe Helme
Heinrich Müller and Fritz Kunter
Militarverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (VEB) (1984)

Deutsche Stahl-, Tropen- und Lederhelme: 1916-1946
Otto Peter Lang
Weishaupt Verlag (2005)
ISBN: 3-7059-0206-7

Hats Off: Head Dress of the U.S. Army: 1872-1912
John P. Langellier
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1999)
ISBN: 0-7643-0956-0

Casques à Pointe: Et Coiffures Prestigieuses:
De L'Armee Allemande 1842-1918:
Tome I Troupes à Pied
Jean-Louis Larcade
Jacques Grancher (1983)

Casques à Pointe: Et Coiffures Prestigieuses:
De L'Armee Allemande 1842-1918:
Tome II Troupes à Cheval
Jean-Louis Larcade
Jacques Grancher (1985)

Le Casque Allemand: De La Second Guerre Mondiale
Philippe Letonturier (Editor)
Gazette des Uniforms (2001)

U.S. Military Headgear: 1770-1880
Waverly P. Lewis
Published by the author

TIN LIDS: Canadian Combat Helmets
Roger V. Lucy
Service Publications (1997)
ISBN: 0-9699845-3-7

Les Coiffures De L'Armée Français
Joseph Margerand
Le Livre Chez Vous
ISBN: 2-914288-09-3

Elmetti 1915-73
Paolo Marzetti
Ermanno Albertelli - Parma (1973)

Elmetti di Tutto Il Mondo (Helmets of the World)
Paolo Marzetti
Parma (1984)

Combat Helmets of the World
Paolo Marzetti
Parma (1996)

Elmetti/Helmets
Paolo Marzetti
Parma (2003)

M1 Helmets of WWII
Cesar Campiani Maximiano and Michael Spivey
Southern Cross Publishing (2006)
ISBN: 1-891026-32-1

Union & Confederate Civil War Headgear and Related Militaria: The Kenneth J. Budny Collection
Paul Millikan and Richard Listenberger
The Manual of Arms Publishing (2005)
ISBN: 0-9765295-0-5

Military Helmet Design
Naval Medical Field Research Laboratory
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (June 1958)

Germany's Combat Helmets: 1933-1945, a Modern Study
Ken Niewiarowicz
R. James Bender Publishing (2009)
ISBN: 1-932970-12-6

M-1 Helmet of the WW 2 US GI
Pieter Oosterman
M-1Helmet.com Publishing (2007)
ISBN: 978-90-812367-1-3

Vintage Flying Helmets: Aviation Headgear Before The Jet Age
Mick J. Prodger
Schiffer Publishing, Ltc. (1995)
ISBN: 0-88740-776-5

German Helmets of the Second World War: Volume 1
Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2002)
ISBN: 0-7643-1448-3

German Helmets of the Second World War: Volume 2
Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2002)
ISBN: 0-7643-1447-5

German Camouflaged Helmets of the Second World War: Volume 1
Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2004)
ISBN: 0-7643-2105-6

German Camoflaged Helmets of the Second World War: Volume 2
Branislav Radovic
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2004)
ISBN: 0-7643-2106-4

Helmets and Headdress of the Imperial German Army 1870-1918
Colonel Robert H. Rankin (retired)
N. Flayderman & Co. (1965)

Military Headdress: A Pictorial History of Military Headgear from 1660 to 1914
Colonel Robert H. Rankin (retired)
Arms and Armour Prss, Lionel Leventhal Limited (1976)
ISBN: 0-88254-341-7

U.S. Combat Helmets of the 20th Century: Mass Production Helmets
Mark A. Reynosa
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (August 1996)
ISBN: 0764303570

The M-1 Helmet
Mark A. Reynosa
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1996)
ISBN: 0764300741

Post-World War II M-1 Helmets, an Illustrated Study
Mark A. Reynosa
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1998)
ISBN: 076431033X

PASGT Helmet: An Illustrated Study of the U.S. Military's Current Issue Helmet
Mark A. Reynosa
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1999)
ISBN: 0764310348

Head Dress of the British Heavy Cavalry: Dragoon Guards, Household and Yeomanry Cavalry 1942-1934
David JJ Rowe
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1999)
ISBN: 0764309579

Head Dress of the British Lancers: 1816 to the Present
David J. Rowe, W. Y. Carman
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2002)
ISBN: 0-7643-1446-7

Die Helme der Könighlich Bayerischen Armee 1806-1918
Walter Seibold and Gerd M. Schulz
(1999)

Deutcshe Helme 1897-1914
Ulrich Schiers
Graf Klenau Verlags GmbH (1978)
ISBNL 3-921566-06-1

Tropenhelme: Der Kaiserlichen Marine, Der Ostasiatischen Truppen und Der Schutztruppen
Ulrich Schiers
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Heereskunde e.V. (2007)
ISSN: 0044 - 2852

Deutschland-Katalog: Helme & Mützen der Armee 1871-1945
Gerd M. Schulz
Jörg Nimmergut (1978)

Steel Helmet in the Finnish Defence Forces
Lt. Col. Stig Roudasmaa, English summary by Erkki Nordberg
Published by the Military Museum of Finland (1997)
ISBN: 951-25-0854-0

Head Dress of Imperial Germany: 1880-1916
Paul Sanders
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2001)
ISBN: 0-7643-1287-8

A Collector's Guide to Scandinavian Military Helmets: Denmark and Norway Vol. 1
Anders Skötte
Published by the author

A Collector's Guide to Swiss Military Helmets from 1916 to 1999
Jean-Paul Soulier
Editions a la Carte (2000)
ISBN: 2884641777

Imperial German Military Officers' Helmets & Head Dress: 1871-1918
Thomas N.G. Stubbs
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2004)
ISBN: 0-7643-1875-6

Les Casques de Combat: Du Monde Enteir de 1915 à no jours
Pierre-Paul Struye, with Yves Plasseraud, David Powers, Charles Yust, Alberto Priero, Frederic Pellaton, Arthur Liemans, and Jean Gabriel Dagnas
Charles Lavauzelle (1984)
ISBN: 27024-0051X

Les Casques de Combat: Du Monde Enteir de 1915 à no jours, tome 2
Pierre-Paul Struye, with Yves Plasseraud, Dr. Günther Dirrheimer, Ludwig Baer, David Powers, Charles Yust, Dr. Attila Pandula, Inga Fl. Rasmussen, F. Glenn Thompson, Carlos A. Cutileiro
Editions PSD. (1991)
ISBN: 2-950606063-0-X

Les Casques de Combat: Du Monde Enteir de 1915 à no jours, tome 3
Pierre-Paul Struye, with Yves Plasseraud, Charlie Yust, Dave Powers, Roger Lucy, Anders Skötte, Keith Jamieson, Marcus Cotton, Olivier d'Olne, Jean G. Dagnas, Soichi Yanaka, Sotamuseo, René Chartrand, Niles Kärnestam
Editions PSD. (1996)
ISBN: 2-950606063-1-8

Military Sun Helmets of the World
Peter Suciu and Stuart Bates
Co-published by Service Publications (2009)
ISBN: 978-1-894581-52-3

Casques et Coiffures Militaires Français
Christian H. Tavard
Jacques Grancher (1981)

Stahlhelme: Katalog Deutschland-Europa-Übersee Von 1915 bis zur Gegenwart
Franz Thaler
Jörg Nimmergut (1978)

Spiked Helmets of Imperial Germany
William Randall Trawnik
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2005)
ISBN: 0764321684

American Paratrooper Helmets
Michel De Trez
Histoire & Collections (2010)
ISBN: 978-8-3250-141-1

Stahlhelm: Evolution of the German Steel Helmet
Floyd R. Tubbs
Published by the author (1971)

Stalhlhelm: Evolution of the German Steel Helmet (Revised and Expanded)
Floyd R. Tubbs with Robert W. Clawson
Kent State University Press (October 2000)
ISBN: 0873386779

Imperial German Headgear (1888-1914)Field Guide
James D. Turinetti and Jn. Albert O'Connor
Published by the authors (2009)

Pricing Guide for Headgear of the Imperial Army Circa 1914
James D. Turinetti
Published by the authors (2006)
ISBN: 0-9788716-0-X

Königreich Württemberg: Die Militärischen Kopfbedeckungen mit Polizei, Feuerwehr und Steuerwache 1869-1919
Walter Wannewetsch and Joachim Hilsenbeck
Auflage (1993)
ISBN: 3-929652-00-5

Home Service Helmet: 1878-1914 With Regimental Plates
Robert and Christopher Wilkinson-Latham
The Broadway Press Ltd., Star Products (1965)

Jet Age Flight Helmets: Aviation Headgear in the Modern Age
Alan R. Wise & Michael S. Breuninger
Schiffer Publishing Inc. (1996)
ISBN: 0-7643-0070-9

**Mort Homme** · 10-10-2015, 05:14 PM

Add this one to the list :

German World War II Helmets & Headgear
Norwegian Collections
by Jan M. Meland & Gisle Jøntvedt
Published by the authors in February 2015
ISBN 978-82-303-2851-4

**Peter_Suciu** · 10-22-2015, 01:55 PM

I haven't updated this list in a LONG time. But here is a new one to add - a book on 100 years of Italian helmets. It can be read online too:

100 anni dell'elmetto italiano 1915-2015
http://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HT...fault.aspx#p=2

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