M35 Normandy camo, but, what the h*ll? Possibly the rarest M35 I have ever seen!

[Ben]

Hi Mike,

I concurr. That's why I have now contacted the seller.

BTW, attached a picture of how the helmet was offered on Eban.
Not exactly something I would go for.

[paddywhack]

reminds me of a incident at a fair a few years ago, my mate pointed to a small box with loads of repo stuff in it and said that i should look at that box for any repos i was after! i found a polets badge in a few pieces and my mate said" why pick that its all broken and fake!" but the quality was there so i bought it and it turned out to be real! boy o boy was he pi$$ed off!! a point which i remind him of to this day!!! great and intresting helmet though!! nice find!

[bresà]

Pre-wash condition.

Original chinese helmet, Normandy is in another side

[Mike Osbourne]

Ben, I looked at that on ebay and dismissed it as being in too bad shape. Ha! I am now kicking myself in the arse!!

[Ben]

Mike, so did I.

Believe me that I went a little over $100 when I aquired it from my friend.

[Ty Smith]

Hi Ben,
that's really interesting. Is the sun a decal or painted. Looks like it may be painted...

[Ben]

Hi Ty,

in the flesh you can actually see it's a decal.
When in hands you can also see a particular camo pattern with stripes in a different color on both sides of the helmet. Unfortunately the pictures ain't doing this helmet much justice. The full green/gray first paint layer is still present on the outside for example.

[william r match]

A classic Mongolian Camo. Ben.


Nice to get a glimpse of the original decal on such a rare piece.


Billy

[Ben]

Hi Billy,

it looks odd next to a SS-DD or Fallschi though.

[us1945]

I beleve this is a German ww2 helmet re-used after the war by Norway...

I`ve see many of them,,,and they also used decals like that,,you can find documatation on that!

best regards Tom

Perhaps the veteran's service was done in the C.B.I. theater of operations. In which case this makes a bit more sense than a pick-up in Europe. If the family knows where the man served or has his service records this could be established easily enough.

[ROBB]

Sorry Tom ,but you are wrong ,interesting website .Rob

[Ben]

Hi Tom,

I would sincerely suggest you read that documentation again.
If you can find many helmets that are exactly like that than you are a rich man, go for them I would suggest
Also, I would appreciate it very much if you would not use a thread started by me to advertise your website and try to sell your slings.
Use the Estand for that.

I beleve this is a German ww2 helmet re-used after the war by Norway...

I`ve see many of them,,,and they also used decals like that,,you can find documatation on that!

best regards Tom

[us1945]

hi

sorry whas pointing to the other helmet..the yellow one with the sun!!



best regards Tom

[Jean-Loup]

What other helmet? You might have noticed that the sun is not a symbole of Norway at all.

JL

[Lionclaws]

Hi Ben,
that's really interesting. Is the sun a decal or painted. Looks like it may be painted...

It shouldn't be a "decal", and if it were, someone put it there. All Chinese WWII helmets were STENCILED, not DECALED; and the thickness of the stencial, specially on the sunburst, can misled your eyes into thinking it is a traditional German style decal. The stencil process was applied to the British helmet and US M1 helmet throughout the war.

Here's my M35 Chinese helmet.....Bakersfield baby....from a trailer home no less......!!