My New M40 SS helmet

[Giants77]

And here is the third split pin I can hardly get a picture of since the reinforcement of the aluminum liner is blocking it I tried pulling it back to but it would not budge

[MAP]

Also the little bit of the liner band stamp I can see it says Berlin then 1938 under it

It is a B&C (Biedermann & Czarnikow) produced liner.

[Giants77]

I was trying to decipher that! Lol I couldn’t tell if it was E&C or B&C that’s good to know thank you Map!

[MAP]

....See what MAP says ...

Thanks for the compliment but I don't know everything. In fact I acknowledge I know little and that there are others with vast more experience than I. Remember. I collect everything, so I'm a jack of all trades, master of none!

Split pins appear to be old and not re-bent. Untouched over decades.

IMHO only, unless someone with more experience has more facts and corrects me, I don't think there is a conclusive answer.

Logic says this should have a steel liner band. Is it possible that this is a war time install liner? Yes. Likely? Hard to say.

For example. I have an M42 SS with perfectly flat pins. Rusty and aged. But the one side of the liner band is painted black. Never seen it before, it's not a post war Czech refurbished liner band (these were painted black on both sides). I can't explain it. But I'm happy with the anomaly.

[PaddyD00]

Well. Master of none whatever. I find your opinions important to me making decisions and appreciate them fully.

So we still think there is something fishy going on with this one because of the database ? I would guess if that’s the case. Wartime replacement. Why would pins be so rusty. And liner not match is my other Question

[PaddyD00]

I Assume The different metals. But just thought it would match more.

[reneblacky]

I can only HAHA comment HAHA on the Quist paint work HAHA that it matches my no decal HAHA. Late war.

M40 ND Quisty

[HoundsTooth]

Glad you got this one Giants, i liked it right from the start.
The liner + pins? I agree that they do not look molested with. However, can't really comment on the anomaly with the band.
nick

[KRISSE]

That liner is a postwar replacement for me.
Wartime replacements would logically happened with later dated liners. Not earlier. That just doesnt make sence.
Old stocked early liner used later in the war is a story I do not believe in.

[PaddyD00]

That liner is a postwar replacement for me.
Wartime replacements would logically happened with later dated liners. Not earlier. That just doesnt make sence.
Old stocked early liner used later in the war is a story I do not believe in.

Maybe this was the only one of the batch to leave the Factory w an Alu Reinforced Liner? I don't know this all gets tricky. It really stinks to have a question mark on the shelf for this guy. I don't. Just the way I collect and its a bummer that these nice examples can be tampered with so often. Hmm. Id still wait for more opinions.
Z