Opinions On Vulkanfiber Helmet Please.

[leigh kitchen]

The liner appears to be modern with spurious ink stamp, but would the helmet shell hidden under the silver paint 3R, or post war please?

[leigh kitchen]

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[ynot]

Hello Leigh,

It looks like a DDR fireman helmet. Post war and probably used till the Wall came down.

Tony

[SgtB]

Hello Leigh,
It looks like a DDR fireman helmet. Post war and probably used till the Wall came down.Tony

Yes, not vulcanfibre at all, Leigh, but modern fiberglass. I have one out in the garage that I found years ago at a fleamarket. I used to wear it on my
H-D. I painted it gloss black and rigged up a more suitable chinstrap.

[billbert]

Sure would look cool painted double decaled in field grey,black or luft blue as a WH SS or LW parade helmet/cheap filler for a fairly tough helmet to find..and get rid of the nazi inkstamp

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, I'll give it a miss - for 20 euros Id've tried to get the silver paint off & ditched the liner, but it's no good to me if it's post war, ta.

[darryl-P]

Leigh,

For your reference, here is what my Third Reich era vulkanfibre helmet looks like inside.

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, the only vulkanfiber I've got is a crested FP, the lining to that is more like an upmarket FP one.

[Donald L.]

Leigh,

That silver painted helmet is completely post war manufacture.
Don

[leigh kitchen]

Thanks, I've started off a new thread re a FP "EREL" brass crested vulkan fiber helmet that I have, rather than keep this one open - it's done its job, ta.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...201#post724201

[revi]

Hallo Darryl,

As I think you own this black Vulcan fiber helmet could you please maybe give me some idea about the current price for purchasing such a helmet?
Thanks in advance, Seth.

[darryl-P]

Hi Seth,

Yes I own this black SS vulkanfibre helmet. It is only the second one I know of...the other being in the collection of Al Barrows. His is a slightly higher quality helmet (these were commercially produced private purchase items) and appears in Kelly Hicks' new "SS Steel" reference book.

As far as pricing goes, I really don't know what it would sell for today and I would rather not speculate for fear of being accused of driving up prices. The best thing to do would be to conatct a reputable dealer and ask how much he would sell one for.

[Chris Stewart]

Darryl,

I have a 60's era Canadian helmet I would be willing to trade for yours...

Sorry, just trying to drive DOWN the prices.

[revi]

Thank you for your (modest) answer both Darryl and Chris.