Jack's helmets books

[AndyM35]

Superb photos of over 150 WW I helmets from the authors collections accompanied with period photos from the Imperial War Museum archives.

HELMET'S OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Germany, Britain & their allies
Edition: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2000
Authors: Michael J Haselgrove & Branislav Radovic
Photography by Robert Biondi
290 pages, more than 600 photos

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A great book. I have one of Michael Hazelgrove’s featured WW1 German camo helmets in my collection.
Leutnant Beimann’s M16 camo Helmet.

[Jack59]

Thank's Andy for sharing your anecdote about being now the owner of an helmet seen in the book more than 20 years ago. Inspiring story !

Regards
Jack

[Jack59]

Not “Combat”….but “Helmets of the Home Front” is pretty good….������

Hi Adrian, thanks for the tip.

Now for everyone else:
Ever tried to identify a few of those?



So this book as probably the answer & much much more!



For all you curious folks here is a link:
Helmets of the Home Front – The British & Commonwealth Military Insignia Database

[Jack59]

+ Bob Clawson book on Russian lids is useful……as is/are Ludwig B’s books on German lids. Roger Lucy’s book on Canuck helmets is useful

Bob Clawson & Roger Lucy books are the next coming up, very soon!

[Jack59]

TIN LIDS Canadian Combat Helmets Second Edition

Praise to a collector who makes the jump to write a book about helmets. It's a challenge. Sometime compromises have to be done to be able to publish. Roger Lucy manage to guide us from the first tin lid issued to Canadians in 1915 up to the Canadian composite helmets being issued in 1997. Includes also Civil Defence, motorcycle, tank crew, paratrooper & prototype model helmets. There is a lot of information & interesting details for a book limited to 48 pages.

TIN LIDS
Canadian Combat Helmets
Service Publications, Second edition, November 2000
Author: Roger V. Lucy
48 pages, 85 black & white photos

[Jack59]

RUSSIAN HELMETS: from Kaska to Stalshlyem 1916-2001

Nice small format book about Russian helmets with a good review of early models up to the Ssh-36 & Ssh-39, the mass production during WW2 of the Ssh-40, the Cold war Ssh-40, Ssh-60 & Ssh-68 up to the modern composite & titanium helmets. Russian helmets are a huge topic, Robert Clawson managed to do a good chronological overview of many helmets. You should be able to find information about the main Russian helmets & also of some rare models. The book is well illustrated with many photographs, drawings & even nice period posters.

RUSSIAN HELMETS:
from Kaska to Stalshlyem 1916-2001
R. James Bender Publishing, 2002
Author: Robert W. Clawson
128pages, 140+ photographs

[Jack59]

Superb large format book (9×12") dedicated to the US "fixed bail" M-1 helmet of WW 2. The book covers the development of the M-1 helmet in detail with outstanding photography. Be aware, you will see only M-1s manufactured with fixed bales (up to 1943).

THE M-1 HELMET of the World War II GI
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2010
Author: Pieter Oosterman
336 pages, hundreds of high quality detailed photographs

[Jack59]

Histories & Collections have been a leader in Militaria publications with great photography, rare period photos, detailed information displayed on a dynamic page setup. Part of a Militaria Guide series, LES CASQUES MILITAIRES FRANÇAIS 1864-2015 with its 200+ helmets gives an excellent overview as a guide for French Military helmets. You may also learn the origins of the romain helmet & see other surprising helmets!

LES CASQUES MILITAIRES FRANÇAIS 1864-2015
Histoire & Collections, 2015
Author: Frédéric Coune
84 pages, 200+ photographs