M35 Overpaint Camo With Rubber Band

[Perry Floyd]

[Fred S]

Really nice!

[gertje]

Also It had a Rubber Band added to secure foilage and the band has adhered itself to the helmet as it deteriorated through the years.

Stunning helmet!
I think the rubber looks like a deteriorated 'Weck-ring' (food conserved in glass jars). Typical red color. Can other (European) collectors confirm this?

Ron, you have quite a collection. I check your threads first among the new posts.

Marcel

[RonR]

Marcel and all who reply,

Thank you for the kind words.

I really appreciate them.

Best regards,

[WalterB]

Cool helmet. I love the early green / pea green color in the inside of the helmet! Thank you for sharing.

[combat-helmets]

What a cool helmet you have there! Love that rough outer paint, and that rubber band is something that can't be faked! Thanks for sharing!

[Jean-Loup]

A very cool helmet. During the war, rubber bands were very common, but not so any more... Here is my ground dug one. Note that the rubber is aso red. For more discution about inner tub colors, see here: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...highlight=tube

[Jean-Loup]

An other view.

[ROBB]

Lovely helmet Ron ,got any for sale ? Rob

[PAB]

an example of the remains of a pink innertube yours looks so cool like that Pete

[stahlhelm1940]

Here's mine. you can barely see it in the picture but there's areas of dried rubber going around the center of the helmet. Does anyone know where these rubber bands came from? They are in a lot of period pictures ant they're not innertubes.

[stahlhelm1940]

Here's a pic someone posted in an earlier thread.

[stahlhelm1940]

One more

[combat-helmets]

Cool stuff guys!

That ground dug one looks like a jacked up wood chip cammo on steroids!!!

[PAB]

Cool stuff guys!

That ground dug one looks like a jacked up wood chip cammo on steroids!!!