DESCRIPTION
Well here's a helmet you don't see all that often. This helmet is what I believe to be an original M34 German WW2 produced civilian police helmet that was repainted and then re-issued sometime in the 1950'-60's when Germany was starting to use glow in the dark white painted phosphorus helmets. This helmet will literally glow translucent green whenever a flashlight is shone on it. You can actually paint lines of green glowing light on it if you hold the flashlight up close enough. A really neat effect and very cool looking retro German used helmet. I had my son wear it out on Halloween night and the other kids thought it was the coolest thing they've seen in a while but as a middle aged man I get excited over some pretty mundane things at times.
The original leather liner is still in tact and named but a bit tough for me to make out and is ink stamped size 57 on one of the leather tongues. The chinstrap is a buckle and slot style and this helmet even has it's original leather neck guard for protection against burning or falling debris.
$300
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HELMETS OF WAR INC.
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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
