Need opinions on M40 SS helmet...

[Sergey K.]

Gents , I have inspected very close my marked belts and must say that they have the same stamp like on chinstrap / I have two belts dug up personally and no any doubts about originality /
First is marked Stuba SS-T.V. Breslau in the middle with VA 404/38 at the end and second one is marked 1.E.Stuba SS-T.V. Breslau with SS 55/38 RZM close where Breslau is under the runic marking . As you can see the rest of Breslau also under the runic stamp on chinstrap and letters are similar and on the same places where they located on mine belts , pix of mine are below .

[inimicus]

Eureka! Kind fate has just brought this amazing helm to me! And i posted a few minutes agi and will load a few more pix which i also sent to kelly. - glad it's all thumb's up! Dw

[DougB]

Congrats, you got a rare strap there. Good ET decal btw ;-)
I remember that top strap you posted Sturm a long while ago now. Excellent to see others. No doubt its a good strap on this one now in my mind. Congrats again inimicus. Did you outbid the OP?
Thats why this hobby can be so enjoyable, seeing this nuances surface and resurface again, just super stuff!!!

[inimicus]

thanks a mint, tom. yea, in hand it's bloody impressive.


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[inimicus]

hi sturn74 - I was pretty scared/excited when I first saw this - a great relief to hear it's all right! d

Gents , I have inspected very close my marked belts and must say that they have the same stamp like on chinstrap / I have two belts dug up personally and no any doubts about originality /
First is marked Stuba SS-T.V. Breslau in the middle with VA 404/38 at the end and second one is marked 1.E.Stuba SS-T.V. Breslau with SS 55/38 RZM close where Breslau is under the runic marking . As you can see the rest of Breslau also under the runic stamp on chinstrap and letters are similar and on the same places where they located on mine belts , pix of mine are below .

[inimicus]

doug - I was scared zhitless about this thing, i.e., if the strap is bad that puts the whole thing under a very dark cloud. I had to go for it - in this case glad I did! btw it wasn't a bid deal - it was cash-n-trade and I don't know chain of ownership. d

Congrats, you got a rare strap there. Good ET decal btw ;-)
I remember that top strap you posted Sturm a long while ago now. Excellent to see others. No doubt its a good strap on this one now in my mind. Congrats again inimicus. Did you outbid the OP?
Thats why this hobby can be so enjoyable, seeing this nuances surface and resurface again, just super stuff!!!

[Sergey K.]

Congrats, you got a rare strap there. Good ET decal btw ;-)
I remember that top strap you posted Sturm a long while ago now. Excellent to see others. No doubt its a good strap on this one now in my mind. Congrats again inimicus. Did you outbid the OP?
Thats why this hobby can be so enjoyable, seeing this nuances surface and resurface again, just super stuff!!!

Doug , do you mean the chinstrap from my dug up black SS DD with VA SS 1938 marks which I posted year before ? This is why I love digging - because sometimes you can do small but very interesting and important discoveries
Just must noticed again - my Breslau marked belts not chinstraps but additional belts for non-equipped personal but it does't matter - markings the same like on chinstrap on this m40 and it's real ...Hope some day I will dug up SS helmet with such marked chinstrap

[Sergey K.]

hi sturn74 - I was pretty scared/excited when I first saw this - a great relief to hear it's all right! d

Hi inimicus , looks like you got a very impressive helmet As I think it was cuted from dead or wounded soldier - cuts from pocket knife are well visible on the chinstrap ...

[DougB]

Doug , do you mean the chinstrap from my dug up black SS DD with VA SS 1938 marks which I posted year before ? This is why I love digging - because sometimes you can do small but very interesting and important discoveries
Just must noticed again - my Breslau marked belts not chinstraps but additional belts for non-equipped personal but it does't matter - markings the same like on chinstrap on this m40 and it's real ...Hope some day I will dug up SS helmet with such marked chinstrap

That one I remember as well! But I am sure you posted the top strap a long time ago, like 5-6 years ago, I am sure I've seen the pic before. Maybe you emailed it to me I don't know, but yes your digging you find these nuances and they add a lot to the collecting community!

[Kelly H]

I can't add much to what's already been said, but definitely it's a real piece with a nicely unit-marked strap. 1 P something Stuba is possibly ' first company, Pioneer Sturmbann, SS-TV' Just a quick guess from what I could see. Others may have already figured out the exact inscription. Nice example of a unit property marked TV helmet!

[inimicus]

thanks a lot, kelly. means a lot! d