Helmets - Post your helmets here

Wow, thats green alright, definately not a shade of green you're likely to find in the British army. Are you sure that isnt P&T issue too?

She seems in good nick!

ok everybody these are my helmets,unfortunately the batteries in my camera went dead before i could get any close ups

arnhem44 wrote: »

ok everybody these are my helmets,unfortunately the batteries in my camera went dead before i could get any close ups

Wow, as Preusse said that some range of helmets there! Nice collection, tell us more, how long have you been collecting? Are these all purchases or some items given to you? Looking forward to seeing more pics of them.

I guess that No.4 is awaiting its guts

hello everybody,to answer a few of ye're questions,well i started off collecting the helmets but i just ran out of space in the end,i have quite a large collection of models and the helmets adorne the top of these shelves and sadly there now full,my brother has promised to let me have six more that he has,an early ww2 german helmet,sadly repainted,what he thinks is a british ww2 para helmet and four more modern issue helmets,he's one of the soldiers gone to Chad at the moment so i won't get my hands on these for another couple of months,the enfield has more parts but just not complete:(,however i think i would only draw trouble on myself if i took it futher with the way the law is.the german para helmet in the photo is a reproduction and some of the others would need attension,i will do my best to post some of them up here soon,as for the railway or building sign,again i'm afraid bought with every good intension as original but the guy i bought it from has sold many since,i can only imagine there made with an original mould as there is a sign of a makers mark on the back,this guy has one for sale the last time i looked only in what looks like bronze(or paint),£300 sterling i think,i paid 80 or 90 which was probarly to much but it does add to a display,i'll post photos of this also once i get a chance,i have some medals also if anyone wants to have a look,again some repos mixed in but most are original,thats the trouble buying from the internet,you just cant tell sometimes what its really like.

Heres another few for yere viewing,the neck shield on the m35 is a repo and as you can see its been de-nazified which is a shame:(,however it does retain its full liner including the horse hair pad at the top

you've got some first class stuff there arnhem44 :eek:

Awesome collection of model vehicles too in the background !

Well done for posting !

Here is another selection of helmets that my brother has kindly given to me,was waiting for him to come back from his tour of duty to get these,they are as follows,a British kevlar helmet,a mark4 turtle helmet,a Belgian/American GI helmet,an Irish issue kevlar helmet,an old British helmet which was used by different units of the army this one sporting a para chin strap but not para???,a German M40,this one I actually found over ten years ago myself,it had been painted black with white lettering for the hells angels,its currently been painted with primer so this one will be a nice project,I'm thinking of doing this one into a Luftwaffe M40 and finally some extra helmet camo covers

Here's another recent arrival, a DD Luftwaffe M35.

This one is well worn, it was originally painted Luftwaffe blue with a first pattern eagle and then re-issued with a combat green paint. The National shield decal had been scratched off as per regulations and the swastika removed from the eagle. Another small size 56.