Please help ID Helmet!

[won2race]

I have this helmet and I don't know much about it. Can anyone help me ID the helmet?

Thank You!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, and welcome to the forum!

German M42 but with home made liner added.

Cheers, Ade.

[Greg Pickersgill]

Well, certainly appears to be a German WW2-period M42 shell, but the liner is totally outlandish, as is the chinstrap. Possibly something done long after the war to convert it to a motorcycle helmet or something of that nature. Who knows. Not right, anyway!

[MD Helmets]

Hello, and welcome to the forum. Looks like a German WWII M42 helmet. The liner system is not German WWII system. Many German helmets were used post-war by various European countries. Are there any markings in the steel under the skirt, toward the back (above where the spine would come up into the helmet)?

[won2race]

Thank you! There ARE some #'s inside the Helmet. Looks like the nubers are 3484?? There is also a small crack in the rear of the helmet. Please See New Pictures Added!

[Adrian Stevenson]

"Ckl" is the makers code for Eisenhuttenwerk, Thale.

64 is the shell size.

3484 is the lot production number.

Cheers, Ade.

[MD Helmets]

A very common helmet maker. What do you plan to do with it, if you don't mind me asking?

[won2race]

Not sure what I will do with the Helmet. Is the Helmet worth anything?

Thank You!

[MD Helmets]

Not a lot. No split pins, post war really bad liner system, crack in the rear. The paint may be original but it woudlnt help a whole lot.

[KradSpam]

$75-$100 ish?