My first helmet purchase
Hi
Wanted to share my first helmet , m35 combat helmet maker ET batch number 3545 hope it's real ? Thanks to nick for his dealer list I decided on this as I love the colour and patina pic's don't give justice to the amazing patina, I love the fact of the multi decal layers
I've always wanted a m35 combat police helmet and this was a price I was happy to pay
Thanks would love to hear your views
Is this addictive because I'm now wanting a m40 lol
Nice! I'll let others comment on the decals as they have more experience. I see the adler seems to have some touch up with black paint in places? Right wing near the top as you look at it?
Helmet and liner look good to me. In Frank's lot database similar vintage helmets have alu reinforced liners. Can you read the date on it? The date will be on the wearers right side - in between the liner band and the shell. It is difficult to see sometimes.
Yes, addictive!
Nick
As a reference, here is another ET M35 decal:
Congratulations. M35 Polizei DD's are cool.
Todd
Former U.S. Army Tanker.
"Best job I ever had."
Thanks nick
I'm interested on decal comments, you could be right about touch up etc i will have a closer look ,not sure if thats recent as I couldn't see the point of touching up half a decal if you know what I meen ,had a look at the aluminium liner ,bit scared I'm heavy handed and don't want to mess it up looking for a date, the dealer FJM44 did stress this is the origernal to the helmet liner and stap etc
Will be interested to hear other comments thanks again mark
From your pic of the liner, no need to suspect it is not original to the shell. It's probably dated 1937, your lot# also falls in the 37' manufacture date. Can you read a dome stamp ? The strap appears to be a good one. Is it dated & maker marked on the tip ?
D.
Generally FJM44 seems to have a good reputation as a dealer.by mar0367
With the alu liner - normally they are sufficiently tight to the shell that they are very hard to read the date stamp. What i do is try to pull the liner band towards me with one hand and take a photo with my phone (with flash on) to view the stamp.
Here you will see what i did on my Quist M40:
Quist M40 Luftwaffe - Tropical
On other helmets i have, i have found it has not been possible to see the stamp, especially with the steel liner bands.
Nick
Here is my strap info thanks
Yes the aluminium liner is very tight ,plus I've had a closer look at the decal I can't see paint touch up maybe it was the flash on the phone camera
Looks all good to me from these photos. Congrats.
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