German WW2 Helmet With Bullet Holes and Blood Stained Liner { KIA } Vet Bring Back
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2018
- Hi everyone!
I recently bought this really interesting Vet Bring Back German M35 Single Decal Reissue helmet with Bullet Holes and a Blood Stained Liner.
It's a really special helmet, and i decided to share it with you today.
This is an example of the Horrors of War..
I hope you like this video!
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At the end of the day, we must never judge this soldier in any way. No one can assume he was bad, evil, holy, saintly, anything.
He was a young man caught up in war and paid the ultimate sacrifice. There is no higher price to pay.. In combat situations you are fighting for survival and for your brothers in arms, not for your governments ideologies. This is a very personal relic and I wish we knew this soldiers identity.. R.I.P. to the Unknown Soldier of every nation.
So he's not fighting for his government ideology.?? So why is he in combat.??
Besides that you have to survive if you survive and to be there for your brother..
The fact that we was killed probably saved the life of the solder that killed him.
@@victorconcepcion9678 Over 70 % of Wehrmacht soldiers was conscripted.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 and if it was the other way around it saved the Wehrmacht's life
Rest in peace unkown soldier.
möge dieser gefallene kamerad im himmel ruhen 🙏
@@DieBubbiesPlays ? Hold up nigga!
@@domaskucinskas6607 That isn't racist libtard.
@@domaskucinskas6607 You're like 6, who let you on the internet
@@domaskucinskas6607 not much better lol
2:54 if you look closely at the back you can see a soldier that looks like his face is a skull.
edit: dont know why im editing this a year later but yes i do know that its his gun in front of his face making it look like that.
Woooaahh thats creepy
É il fucile
its a gun barrel in front of his face....
Jesus crist
Daniel Smedley I know it just looks like a skull...
Very nice again the bullet holes in the helmet, rip for the soldier.....
Thank you, a really special piece of History!
Gr Nick
I think if your grandfathers saw you today they would rethink national socialism @@Nahun408
phyllis brady war isn’t a nice thing soldiers that had no beef that didn’t know each other were forced to fight because of the leaders of their countries
Nahunx Escobar More than likely that this soldier wasn’t a Nazi, yes he was a soldier in the German army during ww2 but a Nazi is person with a strong Nazi ideology and belief, it’s more than likely he was just a young man who was forced to fight to defend his country and family who was unfortunately brainwashed.
@phyllis brady go back to Europe you dumbfuck
That is crazy how 70+ years ago, that man was KIA
Looks like he was caught in a burst of machine gun fire........
and from fairly close range too I would suspect judging from the placement and the fact that the rounds entered and exited the helmet and the wearer's head. I have seen many battle damaged German helmets and usually they only had an entrance hole. The size of the hole suggests that it was a 30.06 round as fired from the .30 cal. machine gun. The way they crisscrossed might suggest that the first round twisted his head slightly before the second round hit. That an American soldier brought the helmet home supports the theory that it was a .30 cal. machine gun also. Quite interesting.
I thought the helmets were bulletproof....
No, they will perhaps deflect a glancing round but a round such as used by any Army fired directly will penetrate any WW2 vintage helmet. @@cyb3rjake735
Or a m1 grarand
@@cyb3rjake735 there is a war time video on exactly what these helmets will stop. It's basically anything over 45 is gonna go straight through and out the other side
They primarily provide protection from shrapnel and flying clods of earth, which caused most of the injuries in the first world war.
I honestly think your the only person I’ve met (kind of) in my life, that actually gets the meaning and historical importance of things like this. Someone really did wear this while in atrocious conditions that we can only imagine, then lost his life wearing this. It’s just monumental, it’s truly incredible.
I’m so glad I found your chanel
"Honey, could we please not put the blood-soaked helmet on the mantle, please?"
I do what the hell j want so if a want to put a MG 42 on the mantle I will. 😂
Husband: No. Babe it pulls the room together.
Wife: is this a Nazi flag?!?! What The Fu-
RIP and respect for thet soldier
nick oh my
driver shoobe he was fighting for his country just like any proud brave man would you stupid dumbass
nick fuck off nasty ass commie
@@seasickcaptain5249 shut fck up i 100% u cant pick up i small pistol u lazy nerd
u guys say that he doesn't deserve respect, maybe he isn't from SS!
The history of the helmet is extremely sad, a life taken in war is never good, someone's son, father, husband, brother and friend. 70 years on, wars still rage in places like Syria, but thankfully not on the scale of WW2. We must learn from the past, to live a more peaceful tomorrow. Phenomenal collection !
I collect German WW2 items myself, but nothing on this scale. Would be a privilege to see more of your collection, hope it snows again tomorrow.
Totally agree with you.. really sad :(
I will show more of my collection!
Gr Nick
Andrew Flyer it never snow were I live :/
No one was wearing that helmet when it was shot. Bullets don't have perfect trajectory like that after entering someone's head. It was used as target practice.
If people don't learn the pass the history will repeat itself
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RIP to all Soldiers :(
Greetings from Germany
Much love from America
@@seasickcaptain5249 ok?
@@seasickcaptain5249 why are you telling me and why you say nothing at all then?
nick fuck you, you commie piece of shit
Love from America.
DNA test the bloodstains
it's probably too old, the results would be too inaccurate, that and i doubt anyone still has or has ever had the mans DNA results
*EZEE PETE* they can dna Test dinosaur bones I think 70 year old blood would be accurate
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That’s a good idea! Should totally do that.
if u can find the family u can give it to them if they would take it but yea DNA TEST it okay guys calm down im a 12 year old and i love history and idk how to dna test im jist giving thoughts and ideas here that's all okay now u can calm down
I am seeing so much hate in the comments towards Germany. Remember, on the actual battlefield we were fighting Germans, not nazis.
Well said 😉
Indeed
To all the fallen looking down on us.
plaguelock jeez he’s just trying to be nice
im amusing that he took 'looking down on us' to mean berating us, not looking down to us from heaven? if thats what the OP meant
@plaguelock just stop
@Walter shut up mate
I salute all we lost and I hope they get to see their families in heaven, the fatherland is forever in debt, lest we forget
Two bullet holes coming from the front is more typical of helmets being shot for fun, than of real battle damage. This is confirmed by close observation of the inside of the helmet. You can see there are many small holes in the leather near the main exit holes: these holes are caused by small metal fragments coming from the entrance holes. If the helmet had been worn at the time of the gunshots, these small fragments would have been stopped by the soldier's head.
A nice helmet that was shot at some point to make it more interesting.
And the bloodstains?
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 People always assume that any stain on a helmets inside is a blood stain. They are often wrong.
I met an old gentleman once who was a partisan during WWII in France, I believe. Anyway, he told me that near the war's end, he had stood up and was hit in the head above his eyes , on his helmet, he happened to be wearing. He said the force of the shot hitting the helmet above his eyes knocked him down but not out and dented the steel. He said it was a 'spent 50 Cal slug' and that he was lucky to still be alive.
That is one hell of a story
@@presidentjohnhenryeden9450 I've always enjoyed listening to the old guys talk about their time in the service. Mostly all are doubtless gone now. the ones that I ever knew.
james b they are the best sources for interesting stories and inspiring motivation
A 50 cal would have went through the helmet unless maybe it was very far away and lost power
50 cal ….slug?
When I was in the 5th grade (1969) in California, my teacher was a WWII vet. Each year he would bring to school his WWII memorabilia -- including five German Lugar pistols, 3 or 4 Nazi flags, a German officer’s uniform, and a German helmet with a huge hole in the top of where shrapnel had entered. I’ll never forget when a girl in my class asked, “What happened to the guy who was wearing it?” There was dead silence in the room as we all realized the seriousness of her question and what had clearly happened. Sadly, we were the last class to be able to see all that material in real life -- our teacher lent it out for a display at a jewelry store. It was robbed and everything was stolen. RIP Mr. Romo -- one of the best teachers I ever had.
Respect to Sr. Romo. I’m glad the teacher left an impact on all students. My condolences are with you
"...And that, boys and girls, is why its called a 'brain bucket'..."
Do you think the chin strap may have been cut with a blade when removing it from the dead soldier ?
Beast mode sun 👍👌
Yup
Good point
The fact that the veteran picked up the helmet with the soldier’s brain and blood on it.
WW II was an enormous event for the 20th century of our world & it should not be forgotten in any way, thank you for your video here & keep up the good work & keep them coming.
Thank you very much for your comment! :)
Gr Nick
Pretty wild sad story but an interesting piece of history. Looking forward to the next video pal. Great channel
Yes, it's a really special item, i treat it with respect, and it gets a special place in the collection!
Thank you very much!! :-D
Gr Nick
Rest in peace brave soldier.
Not all German soldiers during the war are Nazis. A extremely common misconception, not all Germans were bad. They did just like our boys did, do what you're told. They didn't have to agree, but they did what their country asked of them. They deserve respect.
They were people, just like the Americans, just like the British, the Italians, the Russians, Japanese, and all people and countries involved in this war.
Thank you for showing this amazing piece of history. It tells a story that none could ever start, nor end.
It just is. And always be.
R.I.P. to all the lost in WW2, and hopefully, it will be our last World War.
They say history repeats itself, and I believe it takes many forms of it's previous self. Let us keep an open eye, and remember, war, unless totally rightful in it's just cause of bringing forth a new system, better for the people and the world, should not occur.
Forever, down with tyrants, oligarchs, dictators, and the ruling class who deceive the world.
(THERE IS NO POLITICAL MESSAGE TO THIS! I JUST BELIEVE WE CAN ALL AGREE ON WHAT'S HERE.)
I bought myself 7 WW2 helmets on Tuesday: 4 Soviet and 3 German (someone found them im his grandfather's basement - I live in Poland, it's not so rare in here). Some of them also have bullet holes. Respect for "your" soldier and btw very nice film, I personally love helmets.
Amazing, really nice that helmets are still being found!
They really deserve a special place in the collection!
Thank you very much, glad you liked it!
Gr Nick
stolden
Its noce to be able to find a helmet and u can find helmets all over the place in Germany and the US thats all the places i know but theres millions of helmets and bodys and gun. And all the stuff they used i ww2 i love the history of war and ww2 i love ww2 book some books tell u stories of real soilders that have died and they had wrote notes to there family's a d some are alive but were loseing losts of ww2 veterans rip again to all soilders and people, families that where affected by the war
*I'm saying again, illegal.*
What if the old man you got it off was the guy who killed the german, taking his helmet as a trophy
That's a possibility but I hope that he just found it on the ground and didn't take it as a trophy
There is no guarantee that bullet-ridden helmets are not forgeries... unless you got it directly from a veteran who picked it up, you might just have a helmet that someone used as a target sometime during the past 70 years.
What about the bloodstains inside it? Chicken blood?
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 You never know. Like I said, unless you have documented provenance, any supposed history a helmet has is just that- supposed.
RIP this soldier didn't even know he was hit
He knew for a second
Very great piece of history with a sad story behind it. RIP
I know you will keep this piece in honor.
I think I will show also some more thing of my collection.
Cant wait for you next video!
Greetings
Ac
Yes, it really is!
This helmet will be treated with respect, and gets a special place!
RIP all fallen soldiers!
Yeah, that would be awesome!
Thank you for watching again!! :-D
Gr NIck
Please do!
Right a unknown man or kid that has died trying to help in ww2 thats sad he died at a young age
Who says that the guy just didn’t shoot it twice with a gun then sold it😂
Damn. This helmet was wore by a German and was killed. So crazy to think about.
Fortress22 - In the actual WW2! One of the biggest events of human history! This is from a person who actually were part of it and fell victim to it! Absolutely surreal. So sad.
@@UWfalcin I know, right?! It's crazy to see a piece of history like this.
@@fortress2270 Yeah it is really hard to grasp. I have an M16 WW1 helmet with a bullethole in the front, but it might just have been used for target practice. That remains a mystery. All I know is that an American soldier brought it back from the western front as a souvenir.
Imagine having full history of a helmet. Ernst Junger's helmet would be quite something to have in posession.
@@UWfalcin That is awesome! I would DIE for a original piece of history that I can put up my wall. Anyway, must be crazy to own something that may have been used during the wars. It has seen so much.
@@fortress2270 Ebay has a LOT if you would be interested to by something.
And yes it is a very special feeling. I often look at it and try imagine what it saw 100 years ago in the event that basically decided the entire history for the 1900's.
So glad I found your channel you have amazing relics.
It just has war written all over it I've always said that by the time you win a war you've already lost too much..a lot of respect for you nick and the brave men and women who put their courage into giving us our peace :)
I think the germans had some of the most badass equipment. May the fallen soldier rest in peace. I hope he didn't find another hell
"Badass equipment"? Tanks that broke down frequently, guns that jammed, etc. Not so badass.
Respekt an alle Gefallenen Soldaten aus dem ww1 und ww2. Ich hoffe wir können gemeinsam die schrecklichen Ereignisse vergessen RIP.
Respect for fallen soldiers from the First and Second World War. I hope we can forget the terrible events together RIP.
Vergessen ist nicht richtig. Die Weltkriege sollen als Lehre gelten, ansonsten wird sich die Geschichte wiederholen und wiederholen.
We should not try to forget the past but we should try to learn from it
I am in love with this piece of history! But also sad to know someone lost their life wearing it.😢
Great historic piece for sure. Years ago I worked with an American WW2 veteran that was actually captured by the Germans in the war. He was infantry and a German tank group surrounded him and his people and took them prisoner, to a German POW camp. til the end of the war, and he survived. And he sure had some stories to tell. Thanks for the history teaching videos you always share.
My great grand pa was a German war vet he was a paratrooper.
Those fallschirmjäger helmets are cool.
@@devinpetersen2387 yeah there pretty cool thinking of buying one if I can get a good price
@@devinpetersen2387 I'll get a remake tho
It's funny that the Americans didn't care I think the only thing they did was put a special chin strap on their helmets.
@@devinpetersen2387 ha ha yeah
Rest in peace player unknown
Pls share more videos of your collection! ! That would be awesome! Stay warm and thx again!
I will share more cool stuff in the future! :-D
Thank you very much!!
Gr Nick
Wow...😮...such a totally insane thing to see...👀 Such a sad reflection upon the tragedies that war can deal...💯✔
if it ever snows, you should atempt a night in the trench
I love German helmets with bullet and shrapnel holes. I have a German M-40 single decal SS helmet with Shrapnel holes coming out of the top. Nick, you can find out what branch of the German forces this helmet was issued to by the numbers.
Yes, helmets with damage are even more special!
I have a book about german helmets, and you can search the numbers and you can find info how it came out of the factory :)
Gr Nick
Rest in peace and sorry that you lost your Missoni and I fell bad for you
Beyond the country they fought for, this was a son, a father, a brother. I find this very sad...
True!
Maybe a brother. No offense to the guy
Weird thing to mention but ive heard its considered as poor behavior to wear a soldiers helmet if they were KIA while wearing it. Its probably common sense (hell I'd never wear it) but I just wanted to throw my 5c into the ring.
What else are comment sections for right?
I'd imagine, that's like straight up asking for some kind of curse lol
@@JourneysEnding Yeah, or some spirit shit that haunts your house. Damn...
Now let's put it out onto a tray... nice!
Steve 1989 Ha Ha!
Hey nick I really enjoy your videos and I wanted a original m35 stahelm shell I asked my mom to get me one and she said no then I showed her this video then she got me one thank you nick so much greetings from Massachusetts have a good day sir😊
It's a beautiful thing your doing by saving history, and all of your personal relics are amazing!!, where did you find such relics if your not metal detecing??
Angles of the entry and exit holes would possibly indicate two shooters. I suppose one shooter moving position or head movement from the slain soldier could account for the difference in angles. Do you have contact with the original owner, could they provide details such as terrain, location, etc. What a fantastic puzzle, what a tragic end. Who knows, in peacetime they may have become friends.
Yes, he was probably shot by 2 different soldiers at the same time..
Too bad, i do not have contact with the original owner.. would be really interesting!
I would love to have more info.. but this is all i know.
Yes, it's a great piece of history.. really sad, respect for the fallen!
Thank you for watching!
Gr Nick
R.i.p the soldier he had to do what every soldier had to do period .
Very beautiful piece. Congrats on the acquisition.
Thanks! :)
Very correct, sad and fascinating at the same time
could you do a DNA test on the blood? that would be an awesome video!
plaguelock no that's blood for sure
Its a blood stain but after this long all any smidge of dna left would be hard to collect and degenerated as hell
HHOTTS FISHING and match it to which database? Ancestry.com?
@@josefort6112 They got useable DNA from Abraham Lincolns clothes. It would be expensive, but easily doable.
But Abes clothing probably saw alot more care and less elemental exposure than this helmet
Bullets make neat little round holes on entry. I think shrapnel made the holes.
The bullet also may have broken upon hitting the helmet, which is likely
@@razexc6816 but there is holes on the back aswell, so that cant be true
Shrapnel would make bigger holes. And as _Dylan James2019_ said there are holes in the back meaning something went THROUGH the helmet. Shrapnel with cut and dig in but not go through. Also, helmets are made to protect against shrapnel so shrapnel small enough to make that size of a hole wouldn't have an exit hole.
@plaguelock My best guess he was caught in the fov of a .50 and didn't make it.
@@eurasianlynx5584 Not at all. A 50 at any range reasonable either wouldn't have gotten 2 hits so close, or would have painted the entire inside of that helmet with the guys brain.
If I had to guess 30-06 is less likely, but .45ACP seems pretty probable given the hole size, likely either a mounted 1919 in .30 cal, or a M1A1 Thompson SMG
1 year later i watch this video again. And 1 month ago i got a ww2 original german helmet with 2 bullet holes for my birthday, shot in the back of the helmet and went through the front. This helmet was found by some one on the easternfront and Its my first ever ww2 helmet in the collection.
Greetings Jelle
Can you post a link to the video that you say is goin to be after this one? I can't help but get excited when I see you stumbling around the leafs saying "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!". Love all of your content, friend. Keep up the good work!
Respect
I actually met a us ww2 veteran last day and ask questions
I said to him how many germans did you kill
He said i dont know but im sure i killed one
I said have you ever felt bad for killing the soldiers he replied
Yes,i felt bad i've even buried one of the soldiers i killed
Edit:thanks for 60 likes tho
War is just so bad...
My grandfather was a ww2 veteran and was the opposite. He wasn’t necessarily happy he killed them but it was better than the alternative. He hated the Japanese till he died. As a gunner on a battleship he remembered seeing the pilots of the kamikaze through the sights just grinning ear to ear as they tried to crash into the ship.
People in the comment section crying about how bad war is instead of thinking about it and maybe don't support the military and the government? But soldiers are puppets who are thrilled to not think...
Common sense guys, common sense!
@@austinbartose6527 Sounds like bs to me. Most of the pilots were young teens forced into an honor killing by their parents and superiors, and if they did not sacrifice themselves they were executed anyway
@@jackpaterson5949 Not true. The kamakazies were volunteers who thought the greatest honor was to die for the emperor.
Not a German, but I purchased a NVA Helmet that was graffitied by Youth Volunteers and was later graffited by the GI who picked it up. It had been shot 3 times.
With very limited information though, I was able to trace it back to the original wearer.
Fantastic looking helmet sir, I'm sure that you'll be a good caretaker for it
Nathan Nguyen I used to work for a Vietnam vet who showed me some things he brought back.
The thing that struck me the most was a pair of sandals he had taken off a dead Vietnamese soldier, they still had dirt in the treads as if they were only worn recently. Half interesting, half haunting.
Great video!
That guy ran to a machine gun,probably
I don’t believe there was the head inside, more likely a soldier practice target
Exactly. A bullet does not enter and exit like that perfectly after entering someone's head.
why would there be blood on there then? Not trying to be skeptical but I'm not sure.
@@chronic2001n Ehh... I dunno. a 30-06 round from a Garand would probably do the trick
@@Mo-io2nx its not blood, more than likely sweat stains if anything.
@@yungsneed8449 it would not come out in the same trajectory, it would be warped and it would be a rolling bullet, tip not facing original trajectory. The exit hole would not resemble anything close to what is seen here.
A very nice M35, and special to see with a matching battle damaged liner. Most of the time Veterans would cut the liners out of a helmet if they were soaked in blood, so very nice to see with a complete leather liner.
Yes, most of them don't have the liner anymore indeed!
I'm really glad it's still in its original condition!
Thanks for watching! :)
Gr Nick
Great shot
Those two bullets from point Blank range, maybe execution or confirm the dead
Nah ..If you were going to execute a enemy soldier would you shoot their helmet? I'd say that is from close quarters combat..but who knows..
Shanis28 B I didn’t mean didn’t mean official execution
I agree with that as 2 bullets to the head is a finishing act coup de gras !
Or as stated to confirm the individual was finished as soldiers tend to play dead and pop up as you pass , then shoot you in the back!! R.I.P to this soldier!!
Ricardo Corbie the soldiers in movies?
Ghastly what do you know about war?? I served 20 years USArmy served in 3 conflicts, operation Dessert Storm , Bosnian War and operation Iraqi freedom, what have you done?? You Sir Knows Nothing!!
shot from two angles, different soldiers... this guy was screwed
...or his head twisted after the first round hit. I suspect he was hit by machine gun fire because the trajectory of both bullets is horizontal, so both rounds hit him in quick succession before he could fall, and he could not have been hit by two rifles fired by two different soldiers because both rounds had the same point-of-aim. He would not have suffered -- he was dead before he hit the ground.
Nice price of history. R.I.P to the Soldier who lost his life wearing the helmet & respect to all soldiers who survives there country.
I pray for this soldier and everyone that was lost, all jokes and my character online aside this is truly sad and man this makes me feel weird in my chest, and it makes these people seem less like monsters and more like humans, with families and dreams, ahh I’m going to stop typing before I start crying thx for whoever read this entire thing. Good luck and I pray for the family of this and all the other fallen soldiers.
I wonder how is it possible to pick up a helmet from the battle field wear it for days/months and bring it ‚home‘ to the US?
A lot of times soldiers send stuff like helmets and other war trophies home in a package :)
Gr Nick
wearing an enemy helmet in a battle field environment will get you killed by a friendly. Easy to mistake you for the wrong side. I don't think either side wore them until in garrison maybe.
Ya know... In call of duty I have a hobby of picking up someone gun I killed so I don'r waste my main gun ammo.
My guess is machine gun fire.
Holes are crossing eachother. He was probably executed
Many Legs people who are executed wore helmets?
Many Legs if ur talking about a firing squad they would have took off his helmet
@@restless1534 you have a point, but i believe the crossing bullets in the same high still odd. Maybe he was surrending and people executed him as fast as they could? Do you think it was a machine gun or sync snipers?
@@ManyLegs my guess is machine gun fire, maybe he got ambushed we will never know.
A friend of mine also has an M35 with a huge shrapnel entry and exit wound and some blood residue left inside. Very fascinating but sad. It's not in such a good condition though as yours. I collect Militaria but personally I wouldn't want to have something like this in my collection but then again we never know what some other relics might have seen even if they don't have the obvious battle damage. Take good care of it and let's never forget those who lost their lives in war. No matter the country they fought for, they all have my respect. Most just fought for what they thought was right at the time.
Damn double tap to the dome
At least he went quick.
If it is a real helmet you should get it tested for dna so you can see who had it
If this helmet could talk, it would probally tell us a lot !!!
Indeed.. i would love to know!
Hey man, I bought original german helmet too. Thanks for reply. Nice piece.
Probably will gurgle in blood telling the story
“That’s spider poop actually” 😂😂😂 also Rest In Peace young soldier. You’ve given your life for your country. ☹️
Haha, i knew it! :D
Indeed, Rest in Peace!
Gr Nick
Very good piece of history
You should try and research who’s helmet it was and there service
@Endi there was blood stains so use some of that's have it's dna tested and go from there
@@Harry50cal those blood traces are over 70 years old
@@karlob4601 Yeah so? Obviously the poor sod was killed so using the DNA, look for relatives and such
@@Harry50cal blood is too old and the tests would be inaccurate
You got to use blood less than 3 days old
The silver rivets tells me this is probably Finnish army not German. Helmets are German made but silver rivets were on the Fin helmets. They fought Russia during ww2.
But the soldier who wore the helmet was killed by a US Soldier. The Finnish had no involvement against the Americans, as they were indeed dealing with Russia in the Winter War, so this helmet must have belonged to a German soldier.
@@Overkill2002 i think it was a brittish soldier
Uhmm.. I'm not sure if you're joking or not? But either way, the Veteran who gave HS the helmet was in fact a United States veteran. He claimed to have killed the soldier wearing this helmet.
No i wasnt joking, i was just guessing since Americas main conflict was with Japan. Im sure the brits had killed more Germans than the Americans.
I can see why you'd think that, but given the information about the helmet, it was an American. :P
4:30 Fulda is just 105 km (65 miles) away from where I live, very interesting! :)
Interesting piece of WW2 History....True Items like this are rarely seen today, unless it comes from someones private collection... Such as a WW2 Veterian....It would be nice to know the story of how it came to be and why it was saved.....
I am lucky to have a lot of Items that my Father brought home from his Tours of Duty... He was in the U.S. Army for 29 years, Fought in Europe, Korea, and Vietnam....
He was only 19 years old and in the Second wave of landing crafts to hit Omaha Beach,, when He earned his 1st Purple Heart, and got his 1st WW2 souvenir... A Piece of Shrapnel that he put in his pocket after a Medic dug it out of his thigh... He carried it for weeks till he could mail it with a letter, back to his Little Brother in the states for safe keeping....It's only about the size of your Thumb nail,, But it was his most prized possession from that war,, And I have it and the letter still today....
And that's what most items brought/sent back from war are... something that had some kind of meaning to the soldier....
Indeed, there is so much fake stuff these days!
Wow.. a lot of respect for your father!!
It's really amazing that you still have that piece of shrapnel.. such a small item, with a big story!
Just stunning!!
Gr Nick
you guys should watch earth a music video
XxtheDuCkisGonexX Fuck off,
As a veteran, I think it's improper to collect items like this. In fact, it's sick.
Mark M why?
Great shot I would have to say
I hope the veteran told you all the history of the helmet, and all of his story.
And that you recorded it.
People need to realize the Wehrmacht was a conscript army, and that every able bodied man had to fight. By 1944 it had become a defensive war for the Germans. Fighting to protect their families. Who wouldn’t want to fight and protect your family? And the Germans fought for a good reason. Look at what the allies did and especially the Russians did to the German people after the war.
haunted helmet
Back in the early 1990s myself and another guy we're doing some electrical work on a guy's house in southeast Florida. The guy was pretty up in age he invited us in for something to drink and his house was full of this kind of stuff. All kinds of World War II artifacts. Mostly German. He had an original SS helmet with the lightning bolt symbols on it. He had a couple German bayonets. He had a German officer's cap with the death skull on the front of it. He had a couple German stick grenades, of course they had been disarmed. Nazi flag with a swastika on it. He also had something very unique was a German medical kit that each Soldier carried with aphentimne tablets or "speed". he told us the German soldiers took those because it heightened their senses and they could stay awake longer. He had all kinds of this stuff. after talking to him I found out that he was a officer and one of the US divisions fighting in France and into Germany. You being a collector you would have went ape s*** if you'd seen all this stuff
Wow, that's extremely interesting!!!
Great video
Thank you
Thank you for watching!
2 shot in the head, he didn't read the geneva convention lol
Exactly my thoughts :))
Didn't know headshots were illegal, i guess in a life-death situation you should stop and aim centre mass.
@@eurasianlynx5584 They are? You learn something every day
Eurasian Lynx head shots aren’t illegal, execution on the field is which is what the OP is probably referring to. Thinks whoever wore it was executed and usually only executed if you did pretty bad things
@@bigpeenerpeen I don't think he was executed why give a prisoner a helmet before execution ? That makes no sense.
My best guess is that the Soldier that wore the Helmet was a Machine gunner in a fixed position, you can see that the 2 bullet holes actually come from 2 different directions and are probably rifle rounds. So maybe 1 Soldier shot the gunner he fell over and then another Soldier from a different position shot him again to make sure.
It would have been nice if you were able to get the area location where the helmet was acquired.
Beautiful, u gonna make a collection vid one day? Really interested in seeing more
Thank you! :)
I will show more interesting items in the future! :-D
Gr Nick
What type of gun could it have been? I would guess its not an mp, since it would be hard to go through the front, through skull(had a bigger head so going out the end would be a hard thing to do) and out the other side, but there could have been more than 1 bullet that followed in the exact same path.
Wow , what an awesome piece of history . Thanks for sharing with us !
It's a really special helmet!
Thanks, glad you liked the video!
Gr Nick
Tja fight fire with fire dus maar gaaf helmpje en hier sneeuwt het ook kloten weer leuk fimpje Nick toppie 😀👍
Zeker, een hele bijzondere helm!
Ja.. laat wat mij betreft de zomer lekker komen!
Bedankt voor het kijken!
Gr Nick
Ja inderdaad zomer jaaa nog meer filmpjes kan niet wachten 😁
Dang man. This helmet has some rich history...
Was aluminum commonly used during this time period because that is what the liner is made of as well as the buckle and rivet.
Couldn't own that...needs to be in a museum.
Keep this helmet and take good care of it to pay respect to the soldier. This is such a rare find.
I wonder if samples of the blood soaked liner could be analysed to find out more about the soldier.
You gonne to far man..
Regardless of this soldier's ideology/what he fought for. The loss of Human Life is tragic. I hope he didn't feel any pain when he died.