M18 SS - KL Sachsenhausen

[ogpsycho]

Hi Guys,

here we have an huge M18 - ET68. Ex black SS helmet with blue grey sprayed paint. Worn in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen near Berlin.










In the doom, the helmet have two white stamps. At the moment I have not yet fully deciphered the stamp.





?/?.SS-T.St.


1939 the helmet got the M31 liner and chin strap. The chin strap is a mix of civil and military parts.








The most interesting detail of the helmet is the stamp in the skirt.



Kelly Hicks showed a lightweight helmet on his website with the same details.


At the moment I have also the opinion, that the stamp stand for:
"Kdtr. K.L.S. 13." Kommendantur Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen
That is a heavy history for an helmet.

Why the helmet was oversprayed with blue grey color? At the moment I have no idea ? All my knowledge about blue grey helmets you can find in the GH2 Forum. -> Blue grey helmets study

If you know more about helmets with a Kdtr. stamp please let me know. At the moment I know 3 helmet with the "Kdtr. K.L.S. 13." stamp (1. my one | 2. Jim`s helmet, 3. Kelly Hicks helmet and one with a "Kdtr. K.L.S. 15." stamp.


Kind regards
Basti

[helmet2id]

These are chilling reminders of the darkest era in the history of mankind.

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

An amazing helmet and one that is a very important "link" to the history of the evil of the KL system and murder of millions of innocent victims. Leon.

PS: I would imagine Carl would appreciate it if you posted a link to this thread in the Konzentrationlagers section of the After the battle sub-forum here. Leon.

[KRISSE]

Very interesting helmet...
Is there evidence of decals?

[helmet2id]

Very interesting helmet...
Is there evidence of decals?

I haven't seen evidence of decals on any of these that I have seen. Definitely no trace of decals on my example. Jim G.

[ogpsycho]

Hello Krisse

Yes, a rest of post war fake decals.

Kind regards
Basti