My Fallschirmjaeger Helmet

[Jody]

Hi guys,
Here is a helmet from another lucky buy. It came from another 82 AB veteran in Meyer, Arizona. This man was residing in a trailer and was more excited about the Mauser bayonet then he was the helmet.

The man claimed the helmet was aquired in the Bulge. I also got a bakelite whistle that the man said came off of the same paratrooper. He claimed this man was killed by US mortar fire.

This helmet does have the chinstraps. However, I took them off, because the bottom portion of the chinstrap was cut, the vet didn't take time to unbuckle it, and they are very dry. The leather liner seems a little weak, so I display it just sitting on the shelf, and the chinstraps were removed so they would not be bunched up underneath the helmet.

I really don't collect helmets, but I have a few nice ones,or at least they are nice to me.

The shell is stamped ET 68.
Jody.

[Jody]

Fallschirmjaeger Helmet

Here is what the interior looks like.
Jody

[Jody]

Fallschirmjaeger Helmet

Here is a closer look at the Luftwaffe eagle decal.

In my opinion, this helmet has a lot of character.
Jody

[william r match]

Jody,

Nice Fj. Originals are getting scarcer.

Billy

[WalterB]

Great helmet, thanks for posting it. I was, however, distressed to read that you took off the chinstraps. Messing with the bolts and removing the straps has, in my opinion, negatively affected the value of this helmet. No matter what you do now, that helmet has been altered/messed around with. Even if the straps were dry, I think you should have left them with the helmet. If you didn't want the straps to bunch up inside the helmet, you could have propped the front and back edge of the helmet with something that would have permitted the straps to hang down.