A+ Winter Camo M40 Helmet_Complete with Soldiers Name_Verify Last Name for Me?

[Bill Hermann]

Tristan;
Your helmet is a post war put together and we are not just saying this to put you down that is just what it is.We all wish we could tell you that is was as you think it is but the truth is that it is not.I have been collecting for 51 years and have seen more of these types of helmets that you will ever see.The rest of the people here know their helmets and this helmet is a no brainer.Everyone of us here has had a bad helmet (I know I have)and no one here wants to put you down and we understand how you feel but the truth is the truth and that's that.This thing about jews and nazies is just un called for.Everybody here will go out of their way to help you but if you feel you don't want it and we all are a bunch of collectors that don't know that this helmet is not what you think and believe it is then you should go else where.Good luck to you in the furture.


Enjoy your hobby
Dennis J

Tristan, Welcome to the forum. Now I see the pictures, what Dennis has said here cant be improved on, unfortunantly your helmet isn't even close to an original 70 year old winter camo helmet and this can be seen instantly by a moderately experienced helmet collector. Here we collect historical artifacts and are students of the period so anything less doesn't cut it . Stick around and learn, you will be glad you did in the long run, best regards, Bill

[TheCleaner]

I do my ways in researching and can tell you that a messed with piece such as yours is impossible to research. The name could be real or fake but it could also be a real name of a soldier randomly selected in the graubersuche and just added to the shell. Unless you got a proof of the name such as group of items belonging to the soldier, picture of soldier wearing the helmet, you will never know.

[KradSPam]

[Schwerpunkt]

Liner looks like a postwar Norwegian rework, red dye. Liner rivets matched the white camo. That's all I need personally, very bad one IMO.

Right , game over.

[Paul G]

I guess the name painted OVER the Norweigan post war paint means nothing! As bad as it gets, and the helmet too

PG-

[Dennis J]

Liner looks like a postwar Norwegian rework, red dye. Liner rivets matched the white camo. That's all I need personally, very bad one IMO.

A lot of new collectors will pull back the band at the chin strap ring and see the German writing and size on the band and think that the liner has been treated with some sort of leather cond. and that the liner is orig to the helmet.We know that after the war the Norwegians re worked the liner by dyeing it that reddish color so they think it is ok and just has cond. on it

Dennis J.

[RoyA]

Tristan, you should hang onto that helmet...I'm sure it's the centerpiece of your collection.

[KradSPam]

Tristan, you should hang onto that helmet...I'm sure it's the centerpiece of your collection.

ouch....

[TristanFranklin]

A lot of new collectors will pull back the band at the chin strap ring and see the German writing and size on the band and think that the liner has been treated with some sort of leather cond. and that the liner is orig to the helmet.We know that after the war the Norwegians re worked the liner by dyeing it that reddish color so they think it is ok and just has cond. on it

Dennis J.

Yes, the Band has the date 1943 and all the markings