r/germanhelmets

I cleaned it with Evaporust and now there is more paint visible. It looks like the paint on the inside is thin and grey, while the paint on the outside appears thicker with green and white colors. It could just be the ground that changed the color, but I’m not sure. It also had parts of chicken wire attached when I found it, but most of it fell off.

All the other white stuff you can see is renaissance wax to preserve it but i still need to remove that somehow .

I got that nice m35 helmet with decals on it, i have clean some rust and saw that beautifull grern paint under it, i wanted to bath it into oxyalic acid but i don't know if the decals would survive, any advices?

Why are a majority of post war fireman helmet liners stamped 53-61 when their war time counterparts have different sized shells for gradually increasing liner sizes?

How can one single liner/shell encompass 8cm of difference? I have a war time stahlhelm size 59cm liner and 66 shell and it looks comically small on my 61cm head.

Getting this BF 64 stahlhelm soon and I plan on restoring it to be a depot refurbished helmet, I was wondering if they ever put an m18 liner and chinstrap in these helmets during 1918?

So, I've had this helmet for a while. I bought it from a military surplus store in Finland called Varusteleka. There the description said that there might be German made helmets so I'll ask from you experts. Recently ive gotten into more to collecting military items such as bayonets and helmets. Is this real by the maker markings? I know that there should be atleast 1 in the back of helmet and 1 on the left side (?)

ALSO I realized that some of these pics are upside down! Sorry about that.

please forgive my english im bit drunk rn and this isn't even my first language xD.

I appreciate you guys already!

Hey guys!

I just wanted to ask if this is a German? M1 clone. It would be my guess because of the white markings in the inner helmet and the outer shell (it appears to be form 1956) but I'm not entirely sure. Also because the inner helmet is grey on the outside. Or is this a different euro- clone of the M1? Thanks!

Was wondering if the camo on the helmet is real,I know it looks right but not sure if its either real painted by Germans in ww1 or painted as a souvenir after or a modern paint to kick up value,thanks in advance

Is this real, and how much it can be worth?

hey wanted to ask u what u think this camo (I’m not even to sure about ) helmet is worth ?

This is the current state of my collection at 18 before I try to sell most of it to fund my dream helmet. I make posts like this every couple of months to just share how my collection has changed. Thanks for looking!

New to helmet collecting and was wanting to know if this Prussian helmet looked real or fake as there is so many fakes out there and what it’s worth. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I recently posted about this helmet on here, assuming that it was a winter camo version, after giving it a bath in oxalic acid. However I decided that it was worth a shot to try some limestone remover on it, as someone had mentioned in the comments of my first post that the white stuff might be that- and it worked, showing me a tiny bit of original green paint at the top. I immediately mixed up another acid bath and put the helmet in for a few hours. After a bit of brushing with soap I was left with this: A much cleaner looking relic, showing decent amounts of original paint, compared to the white mess it was before. I’ve read online that you should coat derusted relics like this in oil. Any specific suggestions?

Hello guys, today I got this helmet from my father and it belonged to his father (my granddad) how much is this bowl worth let me know!

Need help authenticating if this is a real m16 helmet.these are the only photos I have unfortuanly,thanks in advance

Il about to purchase this M18 Cutout helmet and just wanted to make sure that it’s real

thanks for answering

This is my what I belive is the m35 but Im not completly sure. It got a heavy paint layer so the production stamps are barely visable but at the back of my helmet it says the number "3521". I have not found any other stamps such as the size or manufactor because they most likley are underneth all the paint. The helmet got a crack in the forehead too that Im unsure what came from. Also the helmet cover is a repro.