Helmet Finds in Norway III
This chapter continues with finds by the author of this website in 2018. It seems harder to get decent helmets the last years (2017-2018), lot of poor condition helmets and postwar painted helmets.
Some of the finds posted here have Norwegian postwar use. During the first days in May 1945, the Norwegian resistance fighters used conquered German helmets for their use.
M40 ET66 "Hirdens Bedriftsvern" (the Quisling "Old Guard") Helmet. The insignia is handpainted with a silver-white paint. This helmet was used mostly by older members of NS and Norwegian Waffen SS volunteers serving in Norway after frontline duties. This helmet is a former SS helmet. The helmet has traces of a SS decal under the handpainted insignia on the right side.