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03-29-2011, 04:02 PM
#161
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
i have really enjoyed this thread. very interesting to see how many different ways the helmets were camo'd. untill i saw this thread i had not seen US para-silk used as a german helmet cover. it really helped explain the one i have. i'll have to dig up some other period pics i have on disk. but this one i have on hand, i hope you will find as curious as i do. any one ever see a big white swaz painted on the front of a german helmet ? not exactly camo, but interesting. sorry the picture is not bigger, but the zoom level for your screen will help. note all the helmets in the pic have a white swaz painted on the front, kind of crude too. who would not think it was done post war by a vet?
Andrew
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03-29-2011 04:02 PM
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03-29-2011, 04:13 PM
#162
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03-29-2011, 04:58 PM
#163
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
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Andrew
but this one i have on hand, i hope you will find as curious as i do. any one ever see a big white swaz painted on the front of a german helmet ? not exactly camo, but interesting. sorry the picture is not bigger, but the zoom level for your screen will help. note all the helmets in the pic have a white swaz painted on the front, kind of crude too. who would not think it was done post war by a vet?
These men are members of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, photographed in Berlin, March 1920.
Swastikas in different styles, orientations (and degrees of neatness) were used by several of the post-WW1-era Freikorps; their use of the Swastika actually pre-dated the Nazis' adoption of the symbol.
Here is a better resolution version of this image...:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%2C_Berlin.jpg
...and three more:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...de_Erhardt.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%2C_Berlin.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%2C_Berlin.jpg
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05-04-2011, 11:28 PM
#164
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05-04-2011, 11:34 PM
#165
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
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05-04-2011, 11:47 PM
#166
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05-20-2011, 08:04 PM
#167
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
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05-20-2011, 09:55 PM
#168
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
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05-20-2011, 09:59 PM
#169
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05-20-2011, 10:02 PM
#170
Re: The German Stahlhelm (period photos)
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