DESCRIPTION
Well here's a helmet that is just about as honest and original as they come; an original and untouched late war M40 Q66 (Quist, Esslingen, Germany) front line combat helmet with its original liner and chinstrap still in tact. Late war M40 Quist helmets without decals typically come in one of two colors: feld grau (dark gray green) and slate gray (very dark stone gray) and I would consider this example to be slate gray.
We know that this is late war based on the fact that the Q66 stamping being located in the back rear skirt as opposed to the side as well as the lot number of S3428 which places the production date to August 1943 according to Brian Ice's lot data book.
One interesting fact to note is that this lot number was the very last one to actually have an SD Bigfoot Heer eagle meaning that this was the exact lot number than the transition took place between no decal and decal. This one obviously being the no decal version. Notice the sloppy inside paint drips along the rim very typical of late war Quist production and a great feature to see. The original inside liner is actually named to it's original wearer "8/4 Schultz H.".
As right as rain, fully complete and as good as they come in this configuration!
$850
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HELMETS OF WAR INC.
PO Box 555
Champlain, NY 12919-0555
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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
