Search results

This example is obviously very salty and tired but I still think it has an interesting look to it.

This is the first one that I’ve added to my collection a couple of years ago. I find them interesting as they are essentially the first official form of camo used by the German army during WW1.

I’ve been wanting to ad an EK1 to my collection for some time now, and recently picked up this nice privately purchased piece. A vaulted 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class Cased – 800 CD and manufactured by Carl Dillenius of Pforzheim. This example is in nice condition but is showing some wear to the...

This example is interesting as it has seemingly been camoed twice and would appear to have an earlier camo underneath which can still be seen in some panels with swirling brush strokes outlined below the solid panels. On top of the previous camo is one in the style of the July 1918 directive by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A favourite from my collection that I have had for around 5 years is this NJ62 produced by the United Nickelworks factory in Schwerte. Judging by the very clean appearance of the liner pads this helmet may potentially have received new pads at the time the brush applied re-paint was carried out...

This one is a sized 68 helmet made by C. Thiel & Soehne, Luebeck. An interesting camo design as it is minus the regulation dividing lines and displays a solid green paint to the left side whilst the green on the right side is interrupted with a straw/golden wave pattern. A liner-less ET60 gives...

Proving that nice untouched helmets can still be found on eBay, is this lovely little untouched M16. With size 62 being the only size of Imperial German Steel helmet that the Gebrueder Gnuechtel A.G., Lauter i./Sa., factory produced during the Great War, the shell is quite distinguishable by its...

Had this one for a couple of years now. It looks to have had a little bit of polishing over the years, a repair to the strap, and the condition and wear of liner is not quite in keeping with the exterior but I feel overall it displays nicely and I’m quite pleased with it.

One of my favourite Pickelhaubes. After starting out life as a regular black painted pre-war metal Pickelhaube this one was repainted perhaps mid to late 1915 in field grey. I believe these were dipped in paint as opposed to those we see with brush applied paint. Still retains its nice pliable...

Hell all, I’m have just joined up having been on the sidelines for a while. My interests are WW1 & WW2 militaria with a particular focus on helmets. Looking forward to joining in the forum and learning something new. Digger1915