SS helmet cover

[willysproject]

Hi
Could you please tell me your thoughts on this one?

Kind regards,
Gerd V

[willysproject]

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[Fritz]

Not one I would want to own, fabric is original though.

[Excelsior]

Helmet cover

IMO clips not ok. Check rectangular shape opening. Normally they are rounded. Also rust pattern on the one clip shown appear artificial.

Also take a closer look at the stitching. On the pictures it looks like it was done not so long ago.

Regards

[maxmin todt]

clips is Czech steel copies..

[collado250]

I agree..

IMO clips not ok. Check rectangular shape opening. Normally they are rounded. Also rust pattern on the one clip shown appear artificial.

Also take a closer look at the stitching. On the pictures it looks like it was done not so long ago.

Regards

[Ludwig]

I have only had three WSS helmet camo covers. Two came directly from the WSS veteran. This does not look like any of the ones I had. The cloth the ones I had was much finer. Also the clips were different.

[Fritz]

The cloth the ones I had was much finer.

The cloth is original, however, it is of the later coarse type, earlier cloth was of much higher quality.

The quality we see here turned up first by ca. late 43 and would become more and more standard during the end of the war in 44/45, also with wehrmacht zelts.

[GOTZVONB]

Ss helmet cover

I agree with the other forum members. The clip definitely looks postwar, and the camo material looks like the course late-war type, as used on zeltbahns. I owned one original SS camo helmet cover, a 1st model Oak Leaf B type, and the camo material was higher quality than the zelts in my collection. I have attached a pic of that cover, not the best quality, but it can still be used as a reference. I would pass on the cover shown in this thread. Not original.

Best regards,

Tom

[Fritz]

and the camo material looks like the course late-war type, as used on zeltbahns.

In order to avoid misunderstandings; that coarse material was used on zelts, covers and some late type 2 B smocks, maybe on more items but then I haven't seen it.

So in other words, a cover made from that coarse material can very well be real, the later the model of cover the more likely you will encounter that coarse material. On the other hand not all "last" covers were made using that coarse material.

[GOTZVONB]

Ss helmet cover

Fritz, thanks for correcting my statement that could have mislead some forum members. I have owned a few late-war SS zeltbahns that had the coarse camo material, but it's definitely true that other items, such as helmet covers & smocks, were produced with this type of material. Most of the fake helmet covers that I have seen were made from cut-up late-war zeltbahns, as those zelts were much cheaper than helmet covers in the old days.

Best regards,

Tom