DESCRIPTION
I have recently invented a new category of restored helmets I am naming "Tribute Restorations". What this is means is that I have decided to restore these original helmet shells based on their rear lot numbers as set out my Brian Ice's lot data book indicating which branch of Wehrmacht service they originally left the factory as. In this particular case this is an M40 EF64 shell with rear lot number of 9625 which was originally issued as a rare Kriegsmarine single decal in late 1941. This is exactly the same way the helmet looked during the war and was a restored as a "tribute" to the helmet itself if that makes any sense. KM original shells are very hard to find with only about 1/100 being traced back to them in Brian Ice's factory data book.
The inside paint is smooth enamel with a textured outside finish in textbook German flat feld grau (field gray). The KM decal is golden metallic and is also textbook thin winged EF style unique to that factory whereby the inside black eagle plumage lines are a tad thinner.
$500 SOLD
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GERMAN HELMET FACTORY PRODUCTION CODES
(Every original German helmet produced from 1935 to 45 had two factory stampings punched into the side and rear or both in the rear. The alpha numeric number refers to the factory location and the inside metric circumference in centimeters. The rear lot number refers to the production run and was used as a quality control measure. The font styles used at each factory were slightly different but highly consistent throughout the war and so fakes or reproductions will either not have these numbers at all or they will use the wrong font style or letter spacing and so are easily identified as post war made.)
(FS or EF)-Emaillierwerke AG, Fulda, Germany
(ET or ckl)-Eisenhuttenwerke, Thale, Germany
(Q)-Quist, Esslingen, Germany
(NS)-Vereinigte Deutsche Nikelwerke, Schwerte, Germany
(SE or hkp)-Sachsische Emaillier u. Stanzwerke, Lauter, Germany
