M45

Basically only 1 type of wear on this helmet, apparent chemical degradation of the paint. I would avoid.

You are correct. Probably using a mix of parts toward the end.

I have found phosphated helmets with markings from each of the 5 German helmet factories. It was an industry-wide phenomenon.

Quist M40 T1453. MSS44 rivets, 44 dated RBNr. chinstrap. This has a very smooth finish unlike combat paint leading me to suspect this is...

NS stands for 'Nickel Werke Schwerte'. This company in the town of Schwerte made helmets in WWI, WWII and during the postwar years.

Hey howdy folks, I recently got gifted an M35 helmet by a family member. Apparently my great grandfather was in the US Army as an...

The stamps appear to be NS62 (factory and metric size) and E62 (lot number). I suspect it was originally a DD Army helmet from the...

Your welcome :). IMO means 'in my opinion'. I try not to come off as an absolute authority as I was not present during manufacture. I am...

Graves. Interesting to see DD helmets still being used during the French Campaign, May 1940.

Front line in the forest.

River crossing. Notice helmets appear to be reissued or with removed decals.

It looks like a well worn original IMO. Chinstrap 1938 Carl Tesch Berlin. Lot# 3679 puts shell production at the beginning of 1938...

Here’s a cool pic of some double decal Luftwaffe helmets that I have in an album.

Damaged helmet. If these were taken as war booty, they could be theoretically identified.

I did a thread on questionable para helmets. https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/questionable-m36-m37-m38-para-helmets.13932/