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German helmets with web liners
Hello everyone, the other day I saw a neat looking german helmet. I wasnt going to buy it because im broke and I didn't have time to post pictures of it for you experts to authenticate. Before I was going to ask what the price was, I noticed that the liner was not Lether! It was webbing liner that you find in steel pot helmets. I was confused and decided to "drop it like its hot" because I thought it was a fake. Just to make sure, is there any information you guys would share on helmets like that? Are they collectible?
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04-17-2011 03:10 AM
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Re: German helmets with web liners
Sounds like a post war item. A WW2 German lid should have a leather 8 fingered liner (9 if its a size 68 or up) that is suspended in a metal ring afixed to the sides of the helmet.
A web liner like that will be afixed at the top from memory and, although the helmet shape is right, it never served in the war
Hope it helps
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Re: German helmets with web liners
Did it look similar to the U.S. M1 helmet liner webbing? Was color was it?
It sounds like it was a Spanish Modello Z. These are M42-esque helmets that Spain issued to its military in 1942. A good, complete original one is worth maybe $75-$95.
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Re: German helmets with web liners
I am certain Mo is correct. You did right by not buying it.
Cheers, Ade.
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