DESCRIPTION
This is a wonderful example of a late war M40 Quist helmet in a large size 66. At this point in the war from early 1943 onwards decals for Heer were no longer being added and so this was issued without one. The cage is made from old farmer's fence wire I got from some rural yard sales I attended many decades ago so the cage is actually quite old. This helmet was restored using a large M40 Q66 shell made by the Quist factory in Esslinger, Germany.
The outside paint is dark late war slate gray with a textured hard enamel finish. The inside paint is smooth and the liner is a large size 59 with a matching late war chinstrap. The original helmet is rear marked Q66 S3428. Apart from the MINT original M40 Q66 shell the rest has been professionally restored by the author of this description.
$650
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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
