Most common helmets

[GreekMilitaria]

Hello i have an relic ET-M42 helmet and i just wanted to know what is the most common/rare helmet stamps? I think there were 5 factories back then (Also stamps affect their price?)

[ObKrieger]

They don't affect price unless it is one of those goofy end-of-the-war M42's like 'qvl'. The paint/decal, originality, and condition are the important things.

ET M42's and M40's are probably the most common maker/shell combos.

[Dean]

They don't affect price unless it is one of those goofy end-of-the-war M42's like 'qvl'. The paint/decal, originality, and condition are the important things.

ET M42's and M40's are probably the most common maker/shell combos.

Yes, Mo has a point. 'qlv 'or even the elusive 'blv ' (A few batches were punch out with the 'q' di accidentally put upside down ! This is just what I've heard before, anyway . As far as value , I'm not really sure it makes too much different unless you prefer one maker over the other, for instance, I'm partial to the 'Quist' made lids.


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The pics I added are a black Q68 beaded luftscutz and Q62 Luftwaffe , Both are M40's.
Dean

[GreekMilitaria]

thank you

[Dean]

No problem! Any chance to show off my lids!
Dean

[GreekMilitaria]

hehe :PP

[KradSpam]

Quist M42's are pretty rare in addition to the qvl's. Q only made the M42 for a few months at the end of the war, and never fully switched over from the M40. Any size above a 68 is mega rare too (ignoring para helmet sizes), but only ET / ckl did those sizes.

[GreekMilitaria]

thanks for those informations krad

[GreekMilitaria]

aww i didn't see the pictures :P maybe my browser didn't load them xD ... was Q(68) a rare size for a luftscutz helmet? also do you have any thread with more pics of the luftwaffe helmet?

[kyles bullets]

Quist M42's are pretty rare in addition to the qvl's. Q only made the M42 for a few months at the end of the war, and never fully switched over from the M40. Any size above a 68 is mega rare too (ignoring para helmet sizes), but only ET / ckl did those sizes.

Wasn't CKL and ET the same maker with just a different label or am I wrong?