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It’s an interesting example as most Bell L helmets have rounded vent lugs but this one has the more regular shape. I have seen a few like this and have one example in my collection. Also a slight chance though, that the vents were swapped on this one as the patina between them and rest of the...

Thank you Amy! Andy

A very nice example Hayden! Well done.

This was my first Pickelhaube that I purchased when I started collecting Militaria late in 2016. The helmet has a lightly stamped 1915 issue stamp and a yellow Bekleidungsamt Armee Korp stamp. There is what looks like the number 35 written in pencil in the rear skirt the letters W.W or M.M...

What a great example! Congratulations. The group shot is wonderful for seeing and comparing too!

That’s a great example Chuck! SD’s really show the quality in the pressing of and finish in these early shells and liners. Interesting to note the odd bit of crimping near the section of the dip in the first of your second lot of photos which as we know was where the cracks occurred...

Thank you for posting this topic b.loree. It’s very interesting to read how other members found themselves a part of this world. For me, I don’t think there was any particular event the precipitated myself getting into collecting but more of a gradual accumulation of things that infiltrated my...

Original size 66 Weissenburger produced M16 helmet. Still retains around 98% of its original field great paint. Has been named multiple times under the pads and the liner band has a B.A.X stamp making it somewhat more collectible. Two of the three leather liner pads remain and are filled with...

A great collection you have there Coert!

Thanks Steve! Yes, I’ve heard of similar stories including one in particular where a very nice Luger pistol had to be thrown overboard. I recall at one point seeing an advertisement for the Australian museum here in Sydney selling some WW1 steel helmets to use as pot plant holders or for...

This leather banded M16 ET64 produced helmet still retains some of its U.S. Postal Service stamps and mail home labels with an address which is now mostly lost to history. The white labels appear as though they may be made from medical tape. The stamps must have all remained in situ for some...

Great Collection Otto! Thank you for sharing. The helmet in the foreground looks very familiar and like one that Oliver Lock has which was featured in his book Stahlschutzhelme. It may have been owned by the late Michael Baldwin at some point too.

Nice to know a little bit of the history of this one. Thanks Otto.

Thanks John 🙂

Thank you for the kind comments. That’s a very nice S&H camo you have there 😊 Yes, ET made from 60 through to 68! Digger

This example has a beautiful splotch camo of ochre, green and brick red applied over the factory field grey which can be seen peaking through in some areas. In one spot the 100 plus year old fingerprint of the painter can be seen in the paint. The inside is also very interesting as it has some...

Square dip helmets are few and far between so I was more than happy when this example turned up for sale early last year courtesy of a fellow collector and friend. Although in relic condition, it is complete and untouched aside from the chinstrap and was said to have been picked up in Belleau...

That’s some very nice light Dane and some equally nice photos.

Really love the untouched condition. Congratulations 👏

Another eBay pickup, and this time a size 60 Sieman’s & Halske A.G. helmet. This manufacturer only produced sized 60 shells but interestingly in two slightly different forms with the earliest version being pressed with a steep drop from front to rear visor which looks not dissimilar to the first...