German Helmets Period Photos

[Guillaume d'Orange]

Paras readying for jump.

Seen those pics on epay.de

Is there a Fallschirmjäger's helmets 101 somewhere on the forum or the internet ?

This pic is/was for sale:



Also an M38 helmet ?

The seller looks like baiting folks and then cancelling the sale, funny stuff...

Anyway, Ramcke is on the right handside and it is a PK shot taken in Vannes, Brittany, between March and May 1943. Negatives of the album are in French military archives (ECPAD).

 

[M45]

I did a thread on questionable para helmets.

Questionable M36/M37/M38 para helmets

Questionable m36/m37 para helmets In my opinion, this M37 is a well crafted fake. Although much about this helmet appears good (paint, shape of shell, slots, and rim mark) other aspects do not conform to known originals (the liner assembly missing padding, the range and font of the lot number -...

www.k98kforum.com

 

[M45]

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

 

[Dm1]

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

 

[M45]

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

 

[M45]

Front line in the forest.

 

[M45]

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