That's a Dutch Army helmet from the 30s and 40s. Such rare to see, everyone always talks about or shows images of German, British, French, American, Russian helmets but never the unique ones like this one from Netherlands. Danish, Swedish, Czech, Polish, helmets are unique too!! Love the restoration of this fine piece of history. (Edit) yes ik its Romanian copy, I identify the helmet to be from Dutch origin.
Very very good job. Kinda reminds me of the US Army "Steel Pot" as they were called back in the day. I wore one daily in basic training ,1966 Fort Lewis Washington. I am sitting here on Veterans Day 2020 reminiscing those times. Your restoration is excelent and your video is the same. Thank you
I don't know what it calls Restoration or Re-made. To me is what he likes to spend time and labor to make it back the way it was. He loves what he chooses to do and share it with the world is best, and I want to thank you and respect. Please continue, no matter what people say from Oregon, USA.
This helmet should never be worn, rather; be put in a place of honor and your name should be recognized as the restorer with a picture of the “before” to honor soldiers and you ( you may be or have been a soldier) getting special recognition! Beautifully done by a real Artist. My Dad and 7 brothers served in the military. I am the only daughter and sister remaining-all my heroes and you too! WOW
Amazing. I couldn't stop watching. You meticulously & artfully restored a rusted, broken helmet, that had been buried for 75 years. A true labor of love & history. Very good video.
Surely this helmet is used in the world war two, is an antique one no doubt in my suggestion . This may bring thousands of Dollars, if you go to a antique shop., you could sell it as it was ,without restored. Anyway you done a marvellous job. I'm from Srilanka.
Dang, that was some crazy pitting. Usually when you see something so far gone as that helmet was you think there’s no saving it, and though the helmet is now very different to its original state, I think that it’ll last another 70 years thanks to you.
Earlier I thought that it’s nearly impossible to restore that helmet. But good metal work made it possible. This man has good knowledge of metals and their properties.
Immediately recognized the helmet as dutch! Nice job restoring it. Small piece of history, in WW2 Romania was ripped apart, dictatorship coups, being part of the war of destruction against jews & russians, moving back to allies. A big mess and then Ceausescu, arguably full recovery is still progressing.
@@Șofer_de_Glonț i did a little bit of research on the helmet : There are two types of Romanian helmets: first of all the m38 Romanian: A Dutch production based on the line drawing 'casca de otel', commissioned by Romania and under contract with the Verblifa which in fact was the Dutch m33 with a number of changes in the dimensions and has therefore become its own model with its own helmet emblem. We also know the helmet m73. This own Romanian production is derived from the m38
No, my friend, I must inform u, as someone who is born in the Netherlands, this is a Dutch M38 helmet, similar to that of the Romanians yes, but it’s smaller that the Romanian type in width of the edges, if you put a Dutch and a Romanian one together, they indeed look very much alike, but this one is Dutch, I can say that with confidence as my grandfather had both a Romanian and a Dutch helmet, as well as a. German one in his possession before he passed away, so yes, Romanian symbol, but Dutch helmet
@@senruedisueli976 The Romanian helmets were Dutch M34 helmets that had been produced in the Netherlands at the Verblifa factory. When the king of Romania was removed from power, they began producing helmets without the emblem and called it the M39. Romania received over 600,000 Dutch helmets.
Hiya that is one perfect restoration. Well done. I used miliput epoxy putty in my M40 restoration it was to fill in a fracture and not as big a job as you did here buy it worked well too. Again fantastiic job.
All these comments full of people moaning about a helmet being given a second chance or not being done properly just let the bloke do what he wants it was quite literally a couple pieces of scrap metal in all honesty this channel deserves more respect how many people are going to fix a helmet that looked like it was at the point of no return because I can’t imagine that there is that many all in all I just wanna say this is a great video and I can respect the dedication to fixing that
Finbar Stadt why bother watching if you are going to be negative? And the story continues with it as there’s now a video on TH-cam of it been given a new life.
The story is most likly that a loose helmet on the ground or in the soil, because someone dropped there (maybe because it was damaged or obsolete) had been run ower with a heavy vehicle in the past, or it has been damaged by an excavator or something else like that so i think no significant piece history was destroyed.
Looks almost new fantastic job hardly believe you could have done such a great job from what little you had to work with the helmet was rusting, pitted, broken, pieces missing junk.....
@@wwiituberestoration1011 I would like to know where did you get the helmet leather liner and pins, also what kind of paint(the red and the green) you used. I am going to restore a post war helmet the same as that one Thank you!
My reactions: Beginning: That's not a helmet, that's a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces!!! 8:34 : That's not a helmet, that's a sieve!!! Ending: That's fantastic!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I still have my grandmother's sweeping broom. We have over the years had to replace the handle and brush several times, but it's still Nana's broom is it not?
Nice reNOVAtion. Understandable for there wasn't much material left to work with. Now it can be used again for WW III , together with an army green mouth diper.
@@History-Secrets so it got damaged in battle and fell apart, and the guy whose helmet was now in parts picked them all up and lugged them with him until the battle ended then took them home and let them get all rusty? Or he didn't survive and his battle buddies kept his broken helmet with him but then it went to family to be reminded how he died? Or guy was killed and body removed but broken helmet left behind to get rusty and later found? Any other possibilities?
It's a Dutch army helmet, my grandfather used it in the second world War. And after the defeat of the German occupation. He paint it black to use in the 'binnenlandse strijdkrachten' (Dutch resistance force)
It looks really good! Also if you don't mind, If the liner is a repro, where did you get it? I've been trying to find a liner that looks like the Dutch ww2 one but couldn't find anything.
I think you should have braised it with the tin bar like they do when Auto body shops. That way you could have focused more on the holes and covered them.
Good job. Please explain in the description why you didn't film the welding. Some people may not know and they may end up finding out the expensive way.
A fantastic restoration to such an iconic piece of history, just wondering the country of origin. I've seen a majority of WW2 helmets but not this design, it looks post WW2 to me. Now, when it comes to the damage it looks unrepairable and beyond saving but you did it. I've seen dents, dings and bullet holes in helmets but nothing like this, especially being cracked into three pieces like that.To a historian and a collector you did the unimaginable by destroying all the patina and the history of the helmet, it would have made better sense to keep it in the original damaged condition for a meusum or a serious collector to tell a story.
I like that you gave the chemical formula for your rust remover. C6H8O7 is the chemical formula for citric acid. A weak organic acid found in fruit. That worked surprisingly well. A sandblaster would probably have been quicker and easier, but not everyone has one of those. I've seen people use auto body filler for the pits in the metal and did some welding in the more extreme cases. But your use of tin was interesting. Is that some sort of tin compound in solution like what people call liquid tin? Or is it more like a solder paste? The use of a torch suggests the later.
Amazing time and persistence to bring that wreckage back to new appearance! My only surprise is that you could (presumably) get the correct green in a spray can. Are true military colours available like that where you are? I don't think you'd settle for "close enough" after all that work!
That's a Dutch Army helmet from the 30s and 40s. Such rare to see, everyone always talks about or shows images of German, British, French, American, Russian helmets but never the unique ones like this one from Netherlands. Danish, Swedish, Czech, Polish, helmets are unique too!! Love the restoration of this fine piece of history. (Edit) yes ik its Romanian copy, I identify the helmet to be from Dutch origin.
Totaal hier zeldzaam in Nederland ik heb er 150
I did not know of the very Dutch origin of the Romanian helmets. Cool stuff.
Rumano
@@Hcm439I want one !!
I thought that my leaky helmet is beyond repair but this one was in worse condition and you somehow managed to do it, respect for you from Poland.
Very very good job. Kinda reminds me of the US Army "Steel Pot" as they were called back in the day. I wore one daily in basic training ,1966 Fort Lewis Washington. I am sitting here on Veterans Day 2020 reminiscing those times.
Your restoration is excelent and your video is the same. Thank you
I don't know what it calls Restoration or Re-made. To me is what he likes to spend time and labor to make it back the way it was. He loves what he chooses to do and share it with the world is best, and I want to thank you and respect. Please continue, no matter what people say from Oregon, USA.
This helmet should never be worn, rather; be put in a place of honor and your name should be recognized as the restorer with a picture of the “before” to honor soldiers and you ( you may be or have been a soldier) getting special recognition! Beautifully done by a real Artist. My Dad and 7 brothers served in the military. I am the only daughter and sister remaining-all my heroes and you too! WOW
glad to see I'm not the only one who varnishes his helmet!
Hahahahahahaha
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Amazing. I couldn't stop watching. You meticulously & artfully restored a rusted, broken helmet, that had been buried for 75 years. A true labor of love & history. Very good video.
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Surely this helmet is used in the world war two, is an antique one no doubt in my suggestion . This may bring thousands of Dollars, if you go to a antique shop., you could sell it as it was ,without restored. Anyway you done a marvellous job. I'm from Srilanka.
Dang, that was some crazy pitting. Usually when you see something so far gone as that helmet was you think there’s no saving it, and though the helmet is now very different to its original state, I think that it’ll last another 70 years thanks to you.
Earlier I thought that it’s nearly impossible to restore that helmet. But good metal work made it possible. This man has good knowledge of metals and their properties.
I've restored a few WW1 and 2 helmets, but never one that far gone, Kudo's good job with what you had to start with
Might as well be a Dutch ww2 helmet. They used the same model.
And it has been in use by Dutch police until at least the late 60s, early 70s.
it has the oval from the copper lion
this was a Dutch helmet that got used again. th-cam.com/video/SA01HOPsA8M/w-d-xo.html
Vet!
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WOW, that was a total ruined helmet and you patiently worked with it and brought it back to very nice finish. Bravo sir, Bravo! Thumbs Up!
Totally agree💪💪
It's ready for the race/culture war here in the USA. BLM and Antifa vs real Americans.
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@Ross Cox 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Immediately recognized the helmet as dutch! Nice job restoring it. Small piece of history, in WW2 Romania was ripped apart, dictatorship coups, being part of the war of destruction against jews & russians, moving back to allies. A big mess and then Ceausescu, arguably full recovery is still progressing.
Hello Sir,
It is very relaxing for me to see you working on the restoration of these helmets.
Thank you very much for the videos!
I thought that there was no hope. How nice that you have the skill and desire to make this old helmet new. Thanks!!!!!😃😃😃😃
Beautiful restoration, this helmet was worn by both the Dutch and the Romanian army during the Second World War.
Romenian helmet from 1939.with king Carol II badge
Hard to tell dutch helmets are exactly the same
Here is the best example of a dutch helmet : th-cam.com/video/xX8nvEULneA/w-d-xo.html
@@JJ-rc4sc no my frend. Its recovered from blac market ww2 from rusia.probabily ukrain.
@@Șofer_de_Glonț ah oke they are almost the same only diffrence are the dimensions and the front plate
@@Șofer_de_Glonț i did a little bit of research on the helmet :
There are two types of Romanian helmets: first of all the m38 Romanian: A Dutch production based on the line drawing 'casca de otel', commissioned by Romania and under contract with the Verblifa which in fact was the Dutch m33 with a number of changes in the dimensions and has therefore become its own model with its own helmet emblem. We also know the helmet m73. This own Romanian production is derived from the m38
It is a Romanian military helmet from the WW II.
The emblem is the royal cypher of King Carol the II - nd of Romania.
No, my friend, I must inform u, as someone who is born in the Netherlands, this is a Dutch M38 helmet, similar to that of the Romanians yes, but it’s smaller that the Romanian type in width of the edges, if you put a Dutch and a Romanian one together, they indeed look very much alike, but this one is Dutch, I can say that with confidence as my grandfather had both a Romanian and a Dutch helmet, as well as a. German one in his possession before he passed away, so yes, Romanian symbol, but Dutch helmet
@@senruedisueli976 The Romanian helmets were Dutch M34 helmets that had been produced in the Netherlands at the Verblifa factory. When the king of Romania was removed from power, they began producing helmets without the emblem and called it the M39. Romania received over 600,000 Dutch helmets.
Hiya that is one perfect restoration. Well done. I used miliput epoxy putty in my M40 restoration it was to fill in a fracture and not as big a job as you did here buy it worked well too.
Again fantastiic job.
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It's a Ww1 Romanian helmet .I recognized the shape.That's the emblem of king Carol 1
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@@mirekpetrpetr7167 molmlmmmmlmmĺmĺmĺmĺmlmlmĺmĺmlmĺmĺmlono⁹
I think its an dutch m27
@@mademespice4683 It's not .I'm sure that is a romanian Ww1 helmet.The monarchy emblem .Cc Casa Carol (The house of Carol)😉
@@mariuscatrinescu6289 i rhought it was a dutch eblem
I need to know where you got that helmet liner from
an unexplored channel... you did a great job
"That helmet was broken!"
"It has been remade."
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All these comments full of people moaning about a helmet being given a second chance or not being done properly just let the bloke do what he wants it was quite literally a couple pieces of scrap metal in all honesty this channel deserves more respect how many people are going to fix a helmet that looked like it was at the point of no return because I can’t imagine that there is that many all in all I just wanna say this is a great video and I can respect the dedication to fixing that
The story of the helmet is lost forever.
Finbar Stadt why bother watching if you are going to be negative?
And the story continues with it as there’s now a video on TH-cam of it been given a new life.
The story is that the owner of this helmet got domed by a bullet or piece of shrapnel
The story is most likly that a loose helmet on the ground or in the soil, because someone dropped there (maybe because it was damaged or obsolete) had been run ower with a heavy vehicle in the past, or it has been damaged by an excavator or something else like that so i think no significant piece history was destroyed.
Bruh someone blew the fuck up and they're helmet was left there
Despite what some may say you did amazing can't even tell it was in pieces and welded back together.
My favourite Restoration Channel!
Thank you, bro.
Looks almost new fantastic job hardly believe you could have done such a great job from what little you had to work with the helmet was rusting, pitted, broken, pieces missing junk.....
Thank you for the kind words.
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@@wwiituberestoration1011 I would like to know where did you get the helmet leather liner and pins, also what kind of paint(the red and the green) you used. I am going to restore a post war helmet the same as that one
Thank you!
You're very talented but some helmets must stay in "frontline condition". You did a nice work btw!
Cool, Restore a piece of History Memory!
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You should let us see the welding process, some restoration channels did show it and for me it makes the whole restoration video complete
My reactions:
Beginning: That's not a helmet, that's a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces!!!
8:34 : That's not a helmet, that's a sieve!!!
Ending: That's fantastic!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️
Don't misunderstand strand though the skill and talent to do that is amazing.
Nice job...it was in itself a test to keep these relics firmly on head during field maneuvers !
Unbelievable craftsmanship.nicely done!
wow...the moment I saw it I knew it was a Romanian WW2 helmet...Thank you for restoring this particular one.
Thank you very much for watching.
at 14:32 the helmet changes, what is up with that or is it just me seeing it??
Krásná práce,gratuluji!!!
Great job 👍
Never would have thought anyone would bother restoring that 🧑🏭
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Brilliant restoration mate most would not have touched this, but you made it look really brilliant, well done much respect.
I still have my grandmother's sweeping broom. We have over the years had to replace the handle and brush several times, but it's still Nana's broom is it not?
no
if you've replaced every bit of it since it was in your grandmother's hands I'm afraid not
Great job preserving history my friend !
Nice reNOVAtion.
Understandable for there wasn't much material left to work with.
Now it can be used again for WW III , together with an army green mouth diper.
Never say never! Awesome job 👍🏴
Absolutely superb workmanship
This is probably gonna be considered nonsense, but I just love how the video is perfectly 22:22 long.
Процесс восстановления просто шикарный,до момента покраски... Ну почему в зелёный цвет?
Да я согласна с тобой процесс отличный но почему в зеленый цвет
How on earth did is fall apart with such nice break lines in the first place?
That wasn't because of aging but it was battle damage. Helmets like these actually crack when damaged, same as German helmets.
@@History-Secrets so it got damaged in battle and fell apart, and the guy whose helmet was now in parts picked them all up and lugged them with him until the battle ended then took them home and let them get all rusty? Or he didn't survive and his battle buddies kept his broken helmet with him but then it went to family to be reminded how he died? Or guy was killed and body removed but broken helmet left behind to get rusty and later found? Any other possibilities?
@@MisterGames It got damaged, and was left behind on the battlefield. And now found with a metal detector.
@@History-Secrets thanks!
🇧🇪 It's a very very good restauration
Very difficults. Good job..
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Haha landgenoot!
@@hasanthasasika3685 Get out of here, stop.
Didn't even see the title and I could tell it's a romanian M39, really apreciate it, amazeing restoration!
What was that paste called that you used to fill in the pitting?
I loved the filler packing with brush. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Красавчик.Очень хорошая работа...
What ratio of Citric acid (C6H8o7) to water was used to make your homemade Evapo-Rust?
from a lousy few bits of rusty scrap to a work of art! Well done sir :)
Good job restoring it but try and use the accurate paint colors next time. Olive drab type green shades aren’t hard to find.
Yes, you are right, the color is a little wrong
@@wwiituberestoration1011 I hope I didn’t come off as sounding too crass. You did an amazing job to a helmet that people would assume should be scrap.
Can you give me the recipe for the rust remover? How much from the C6H8O7 in the water? Thanks alot :)
Unbelievable work; very nice.
Now that's Master craftsmanship
It's a Dutch army helmet, my grandfather used it in the second world War. And after the defeat of the German occupation. He paint it black to use in the 'binnenlandse strijdkrachten' (Dutch resistance force)
black in ww2 also was fire brigade.
It looks really good!
Also if you don't mind, If the liner is a repro, where did you get it? I've been trying to find a liner that looks like the Dutch ww2 one but couldn't find anything.
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I think you should have braised it with the tin bar like they do when Auto body shops. That way you could have focused more on the holes and covered them.
Wooow. Congrats!! Good job. Amazing!!
Bringing history back to life well done SIR!
Where you find it
One consideration is to use thermobond-3 to fill the pits, then use a powder coat primer filler.
Hi where did you get or order the liner most liners on old helmet's are shot. That's a dutch one, mine has a lion instead.
4:22 The Frankstein’s Helmet!😂😂👏🏽👏🏽⛑
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@@hasanthasasika3685 Go away.
Good job. Please explain in the description why you didn't film the welding. Some people may not know and they may end up finding out the expensive way.
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Would it work to do heavy layers of zinc electroplate while sanding between "coats" to fill the metal?
I suspect the prep for galvanizing would kill what's left of the helmet- it was in one hell of a state.
I have a German M42 that needs restoration - do you do work for any clients?
Soo coool You are great
Are you great only for you
Very nice. I’m not familiar with this style helmet. What is the purpose of the slotted hole in the back.
A fantastic restoration to such an iconic piece of history, just wondering
the country of origin. I've seen a majority of WW2 helmets but not this design, it looks post WW2 to me.
Now, when it comes to the damage it looks unrepairable and beyond saving but you did it. I've seen dents, dings and bullet holes in helmets but nothing like this, especially being cracked into three pieces like that.To a historian and a collector you did the unimaginable by destroying all the patina and the history of the helmet, it would have made better sense to keep it in the original damaged condition for a meusum or a serious collector to tell a story.
It's a romanian helmet, historian
Its Fantastic what you do!! Thanx a Lot for the Video. Lots of Greetings from Bavaria/Germany
Ich finde cool das du dich mit deutschen Sachen beschäftigst Respekt auf jeden Fall
Can you please make a video on how to make your homemade evap rust? Thank you very much
What helmet fragment was used for replacement metal?
ssh 40
from were did you get the emblem
I bought on eBay.
@@wwiituberestoration1011 for how much
What a fantastic job you've made of this helmet, as good as new. Well done
Awesome work really turned out beautiful 👍👍
I like that you gave the chemical formula for your rust remover. C6H8O7 is the chemical formula for citric acid. A weak organic acid found in fruit. That worked surprisingly well. A sandblaster would probably have been quicker and easier, but not everyone has one of those. I've seen people use auto body filler for the pits in the metal and did some welding in the more extreme cases. But your use of tin was interesting. Is that some sort of tin compound in solution like what people call liquid tin? Or is it more like a solder paste? The use of a torch suggests the later.
great labour has done a remarkable job. Big Thumbs up!
I don’t know alot about Romanian helmats. Whats the slit in on the back for? Is it where the netting attaches?
The slit is for belt to cary helmet on backpack lid.
Is there any reason not to use electrolysis to remove the rust?
Is it too large of a piece for this to be effective?
Wouldnt it make the layers uneven or even creates holes within the steel, that would make it harder to work with
Very nice art of repairing.
That was awesome to watch thank you for doing that well done cant wait to see what you do next
Beautiful job.
Nice vid. Luv the no talk all action!😀
Que bárbaro es perfecto tú trabajo tienes un 10
Where did the other piece come from? Did I miss it?
Amazing time and persistence to bring that wreckage back to new appearance! My only surprise is that you could (presumably) get the correct green in a spray can. Are true military colours available like that where you are? I don't think you'd settle for "close enough" after all that work!
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Yes! New video is here🧨🧨 Nice work!!! Greetings from Serbia🇷🇸
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how much cheaper is that home made evapo rust over store bought?
Nice to see you back keep up the great work
You are doing great! ❤
I am Romanian!