M38 found

[heinzer]

Hello friends. Sorry for my bad english, i am from germany. at the weekend i found this helmet
it is stamped ckl 71.
can you tell me somthing about it? late war? the 4 rivet? (niete) look different then other helmes.

Thanks Heinz

[kradman]

Looks late war to me from the rivets , Is it a lake find ?

[heinzer]

it is from an old house. it was used to repair the roof. Inside is tar. I think the helmet was over a fire to heat the tar.

[Danmark]

A wartime falschirmjager m38 shell converted into a bucket by replacing the screws with blanking rivets and making a wire handle to carry hot pitch for roof repairs would be my guess.
The post war recovery wasted nothing!!!

[heinzer]

I clean the helmet. inside is no oxidation only tar, but it is hard to remove.

[CBH]

Nice find, at least it's still in one piece, some were converted to colanders and other housewares.

[Tank Destroyer]

The tar gives it a camo look😀

[big ned]

The tar gives it a camo look😀

....And makes it weatherproof to boot. Winner, winner chicken dinner.

[MAP]

Nice find, at least it's still in one piece, some were converted to colanders and other housewares.

which are collectible in their own right.

Heinzer: great find. A unique piece of history. I would have left it as is, tar and all.

[jamoros]

Interesting find