DESCRIPTION
Here is a fun creation from last week's cigar filled workshop with a little Tom Jones in the background - a man second only to Elvis of course. An uber cool looking M35 ET66 4497 double decal half cage basket helmet indicative of Luftwaffe ground forces.
The helmet was painted in RAL 7016 Luftwaffe anthracite blue gray and is an exact match to original since the color code is exact. I went ahead and aged both the half wire basket and over paint and decals to create this batter worn effect. The inside liner is a large size 59 and would fit most men's heads of today.
Here is the result which I am quite pleased with!
I intend on wearing this to historical re-enactments events in the near future as the more natural wear from real field use the better.
$750
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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
