DESCRIPTION
This is a bit of an oddball helmet as it originally came out of the Czech Republic back when I was still able to source shells from there. It was mixed in with a bunch of post war black paint German helmets reused after the war for their civilian fire and police services. It's an oddball find because I'm not sure if this was re-assembled post war by the Czech government using all original German parts they found after the war or if this was a no decal late war WW2 production German helmet that was found in storage post 1945 never issued or used. I guess both possibilities should be entertained.
Outside paint is slightly textured feld grau with a smooth enamel finish on the inside and a sheepskin liner system stamped 59 on one of the rear tongues. So a nice big sized M40 example.
$800
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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
