nice! way back in the day, i got one of these for about $12 long before the started reproing them. sadly some biker had ripped out the liner, stripped and painted black with a crappy white swatika in what looked like latex house paint, and worst of all burned 2 holes in the skirt to attach a crude chinstrap. i sold it off. wish id have kept it now.
Thankyou for a wonderful presentation and you have also shown the inconsistencies of EisenhuttenWerke Thale manufacturing as you probably noticed different little changes in the rim and shape of this particular helmets.
Do you have any info on the 1st pattern US airborne hawley liner? I have one and I have little information. I would you know the monetary value of that piece
I bought one back in 1979 for $25. Size ET 70 shell, size 60 liner in extremely excellent condition with mud on the outside of the shell. The shell was painted green inside and out. Took it to the Pomona gun show, to a table that had a boatload of helmets. And let the vendor give it a look? He asked if he could, with a wet Q tip carefully remove a little spot where the left side decal would be? And discovered a Army decal, and asked if he could do the same to the other side? It turned out to be a double decal early Army helmet, he said possibly from around, circa 35 to 37… Then gave me his card. In 81 I picked up a sturmptarn/ tan and water pattern size lll, bonesack, jumpsmock, type 3, with the paper tag from the factory stapled onto the lower left inside hem. For $400 in mint condition. By then I had been re-enacting for about a year in a reproduction Zeltbaun smock. So like a dummy I participated in a number of events but began to worry that I was going to damage my original kit? So I ended up selling the lot, when I got my next deployment. Though I would have liked to still have it all, as everything but my gasmask bag was original. I still have my pictures and memories. Still, I wonder what it all would fetch on the market today? I tried to make a jump in once, with my unit in my full Fallschirmjager kit, but my Team daddy said no… in the strongest of terms. DeOpresso Liber, 12th SFGA(abn), 332
Good day! I found your video about the M38 German Fallschirmjäger Helmet. Very interesting information. Because I bought one of these double decals 10 years ago or more. I would like to discuss originality with you. I was told by several collectors that this is a high-quality and expensive helmet. Can you tell me more please ? Thank you
I have a reproduction of this that I’m someday going to use for reeanactment, but I also have a helmet cover, and the loops don’t really hold foliage, because they are too tight. Is there a way to fix that?
That is an outstanding collection of paratrooper helmets. I probably could have purchased one 40 years ago, but unfortunately I was chasing SS helmets at the time. Now, the prices of Fallschirmjager helmets are through the roof and I can only afford replicas.
It would be very hard for a new young collector to try to start collecting these. I'm not sure how the hobby will continue without new collectors being able to start meaningful collections.
nice! way back in the day, i got one of these for about $12 long before the started reproing them. sadly some biker had ripped out the liner, stripped and painted black with a crappy white swatika in what looked like latex house paint, and worst of all burned 2 holes in the skirt to attach a crude chinstrap. i sold it off. wish id have kept it now.
Thankyou for a wonderful presentation and you have also shown the inconsistencies of EisenhuttenWerke Thale manufacturing as you probably noticed different little changes in the rim and shape of this particular helmets.
Do you have any info on the 1st pattern US airborne hawley liner? I have one and I have little information. I would you know the monetary value of that piece
An FJ helmet is definitely on my dream to own some day list!
I bought one back in 1979 for $25. Size ET 70 shell, size 60 liner in extremely excellent condition with mud on the outside of the shell. The shell was painted green inside and out. Took it to the Pomona gun show, to a table that had a boatload of helmets.
And let the vendor give it a look?
He asked if he could, with a wet Q tip carefully remove a little spot where the left side decal would be? And discovered a Army decal, and asked if he could do the same to the other side?
It turned out to be a double decal early Army helmet, he said possibly from around, circa 35 to 37…
Then gave me his card.
In 81 I picked up a sturmptarn/ tan and water pattern size lll, bonesack, jumpsmock, type 3, with the paper tag from the factory stapled onto the lower left inside hem. For $400 in mint condition. By then I had been re-enacting for about a year in a reproduction Zeltbaun smock. So like a dummy I participated in a number of events but began to worry that I was going to damage my original kit? So I ended up selling the lot, when I got my next deployment.
Though I would have liked to still have it all, as everything but my gasmask bag was original.
I still have my pictures and memories.
Still, I wonder what it all would fetch on the market today?
I tried to make a jump in once, with my unit in my full Fallschirmjager kit, but my Team daddy said no… in the strongest of terms.
DeOpresso Liber,
12th SFGA(abn), 332
Good day! I found your video about the M38 German Fallschirmjäger Helmet. Very interesting information. Because I bought one of these double decals 10 years ago or more. I would like to discuss originality with you. I was told by several collectors that this is a high-quality and expensive helmet. Can you tell me more please ? Thank you
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I have a reproduction of this that I’m someday going to use for reeanactment, but I also have a helmet cover, and the loops don’t really hold foliage, because they are too tight. Is there a way to fix that?
That is an outstanding collection of paratrooper helmets. I probably could have purchased one 40 years ago, but unfortunately I was chasing SS helmets at the time. Now, the prices of Fallschirmjager helmets are through the roof and I can only afford replicas.
It would be very hard for a new young collector to try to start collecting these.
I'm not sure how the hobby will continue without new collectors being able to start meaningful collections.
Deck-ulls