M36 SD Quist with an almost perfect head shot

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Here's a helmet I picked up on the local market in Earlestown a few months ago. it looks like the liner has never been removed.

[TheGoon]

I think you meant to say m35 in your title, but nice relic lid! It's almost all there

[Danmark]

Nice one Harry ( an M35 though) and looks like the blood from the bullet strike rotted out the leather.You can see some of the original tan colour at the edges.

Cheers, Dan

[Steelhead10]

lets just hope it inst haunted by the man who was wearing this helmet.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Great find Steve, i'll have to get my ar*e to Earlestown!..

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Oh my god - what an arsehole! I do indeed mean an M35. In defence, I had my 2 year-old grandson screaming down my lug. he wanted to see the man who nearly gets hit by the Spitfire. if you've not seen that clip - google it!

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

A super relic with a tale to tell Steve , nice find! Leon.

[rogge16]

Nice one, Steve!

Luke

[Airborne warrior]

Hate to spoil things but during my time in the army back in the 70's, sometimes during range work we provided head shots on war time lids for a particular collector in our unit. On one occasion during sniper training I refused to put a 7.62 round through an original WW2 German para helmet. I wonder how many of these old lids are now being passed on as originally damaged?

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Don't worry, you're not spoiling anything at all. Close examination of the aluminium liner band shows that it has damage commensurate with entry from a missile. I do not claim the hole is from a bullet. Looking at the hole it would appear that the missile entered on an upward trajectory, and all damage appears to be period damage. The helmet was recently excavated, and so I think it is safe to assume that the damage is period damage.