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09-12-2008 02:58 AM
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Re: My German helmet
Awesome mate , welcome aboard , i bet you turned a few heads alright , did you bring the lid back home , great to see you made it threw , cheers Raymond
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Re: My German helmet
What was better protection? The german helmet or your U.S. Issue? And I would not have thought wearing it would be allowed
Michael
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Re: My German helmet
The US issue was a better helmet. Steel on top of that fiber liner, and the suspension system was more comfortable. I remember the German helmet as having a mostly leather suspension, adjusted by tying the cords as required, and being a bit lighter. The US probably would have withstood/dissipated hard knocks a lot better. If I would have tried wearing the thing in a rear area I would have been hung up by my thumbs. I eventaully sold it to a guy for what I paid for it (not much) and he fitted a US camo cover on it. We soaked the cover in hot water and stretched it over the helmet. The cover shrank to a fair fit after about a day in the sun.
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Re: My German helmet
Very interesting story , love the photo !!!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Re: My German helmet
Dear Tripehound,
looks as if there was a decal on your Wehrmacht helmet?
Yours,
Olaf
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Re: My German helmet
Very cool! I bet it turned a few heads and created a few laughs!
Was there a decal? Looks like it....eagle decal? Not sure if it's me or the pic - looks like the decal is quite large. Hand painted perhaps?
Cheers!
Rob
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Re: My German helmet
In the 60's German helmets were about a-dime-a-dozen and most had no real collectors' value. The original paint on mine was a scratched and peeling grey-green with no decals or markings. It might not have been the original WWII paint. I removed the loose paint and repainted the helmet black. On one side I painted what I was told was a "Bavarian Eagle": a square-looking stylized bird inside a shield. On the other side I painted the same shield with the SS runes inside. Not authentic by any means, but a definite conversation starter.
Aside from this, I brought back as a war trophy a Mauser 98K, dated 1942, complete with bayonet. The S2 people told me the “BNZ” on the breech meant it was made in “Benz” or “Bernz”, Austria. I really need to take a few pictures and post them on the WEAPONS section of this board to see if modern research has turned up any information on its markings. And I still have the war trophy paperwork for it.
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Re: My German helmet
Hi, and welcome to the forum!
"BNZ" is actually the makers mark for Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria. I think your S2 was thinking of Damiler Benz
Cheers, Ade.
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