My "Typical" NS62 M.42

[James N]

Many years ago when I started collecting TR back in school one of the things I really wanted was a "Nazi helmet" and I found an M.40 ( I think ) SD Luftwaffe that was unfortunately traded off sometime later when I "shifted gears" in my collecting interests. Now many years later having "returned" to this area of interest, I find I can't afford really good examples to go with my modest collection of field gear, so I acquired 3 helmet shells and repainted and restored them using repro bands, pins, and liners. But I still wanted an "unmessed with" original.

I finally found the rather bland but totally "typical" specimen, shown here. I liked it because it's complete and appears to be unaltered, retaining its unbroken chin strap; untorn liner; and has both a dome stamp ( faint and unreadable, but there ); and original owner's name penciled inside the skirt: Uffz. Weisspflug. Note the bizzare way the cord is strung and tied at the top of the liner "fingers"; this is how I got it and have decided to leave it as is.

[SteveR]

Good example.

[timothy]

Agree nice reprensative piece of M-42. timothy

[KradSpam]

very clean well done.

[Nathan362]

A nice helmet no doubt. Anyone should be happy to have similar in their collection!

[Danmark]

While we all crave decalled helmets, this really is the quintessential german soldiers stahlhelm from the second half of the war.

[relicz]

Straight up M42, the bread and butter of the wehrmacht. A very nice representative example, congrats.

[Lidman]

Nice and untouched, just how we like em

Brad.

[geelong]

i would like to say to. a nice m42.

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

A great un-messed with M42. Leon.