Thoughts on this helmet and chinstrap

[leibregiment]

I have got it for a couple of hundred, it has intrigued me, I have it in hand and looks and feels like a private purchase, no other marks but IMHO not standard, almost a parade piece or maybe a shop window piece???......many thanks for your comments.......will keep it in the collection

[pzrwest]

Were there ever private purchase WWI steel helmets for sale?

[leibregiment]

I would guess for the M.18 style yes and certainly in the 1930's .....very similar Helmet is in the book "SS Steel" which also confirms eight commercial companies producing helmets.......

[luftwaffenkopf]

the size is definitely non-standard so a private purchase is very likely. a couple of hundred is the right price, congrats

can you take some comparison pics of this 70 and a size 66/68 you may have, side by side? would be interesting to see...

[leibregiment]

Here we are

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Don't know what to think of this one... repainted shell inside and out, a liner system and chinstrap from who knows where, and a somewhat questionable manufacturer and size stamping.

Chuck

Chuck, I found where the liner pads came from at least. I knew I had seen one before.

http://www.hessenantique.com/Reprodu...p/heigh001.htm

[Hans K.]

It looks like a repainted and aged one of these to me:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/AH6044-German...-/131085034804

[Hoss]

Old Hans nailed it. where you been?

Eric

[C. Roelens]

Were there ever private purchase WWI steel helmets for sale?

None that I've ever heard of, or seen.

Chuck

[C. Roelens]

Old Hans nailed it. where you been?

Eric

I would agree.

Chuck

[Hans K.]

Were there ever private purchase WWI steel helmets for sale?

Unlike with the British and French during WW1, there was no such thing as an officer grade or private purchase combat helmet in the German Army, and that goes for liners and chinstraps as well.

[PlaceOfBayonets]

I would agree.

Chuck

Yep. That helmet I posted was M16 Version but I bet the same repro maker.

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Old Hans nailed it. where you been?

Eric

Good spot Eric! That edge is not correctly rolled and the metal is softer. It's steel laking the nickel.

[Hoss]

Not me I became fixated on the size and dimensions, have to watch that in future. Why make size 70! they are huge, blimey.

Eric

[mchap]

Not me I became fixated on the size and dimensions, have to watch that in future. Why make size 70! they are huge, blimey.

Eric

Size 70 for regiment "Magilla Gorilla".