DESCRIPTION
This helmet is a wonderful example of what your everyday fighting man would have worn defending the beaches of Normandy or during the occupation of France or Poland. A mid-war large sized M40 NS66 helmet with it's single Heer decal having been neatly and cleanly removed most likely post war or during the final days of the conflict. This helmet has all of it's ORIGINAL factory feld grau paint both in the interior and on the exterior which shows some true battle wear and traces of winter camo paint in certain areas.
The liner system is an aged reproduction with new leather however the outer liner band and all 3 split pins have never been touched and I used a spring on spring liner exchange as to avoid having to touch the original outer steel band which remains in place just like it has since 1940.
A great helmet for a newer collector looking for a medium grade German WW2 single decal Heer helmet but on a budget.
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
