New finds 2020-2024
This chapter covers my finds from 2020-2024. The helmets are mostly found and acquired through my Norwegian website or through adverts in local newspapers in Norway. Since you find helmets based on what's available, you can't choose what is most desirable for the collection. Therefore, many of the findings include polizei helmets, of which there are many in Norway.
The finds are fewer the last years due to lesser objects around and the greater and harder competition from other collectors and pickers.
M35 Q62 with non bordered Polizei decal. Manufactured in 1936. Light green (feldgrau) paint. Find in 2021 in Norway.
The right side of the same M35 Q62.
The liner of the M35 Q62. The liner has a single aluminum band produced in 1936 by M31 liner manufacturer Max Densow. Note the "4" digit with an early font version in the liner. It could be mean an abbrevation for head size "54". The helmet is named to "Knispel". Not the famous panzer ace.
Ink stamp or an stamp done with an heating iron. The stamp says : P. P. Bln. 1936, which means Polizei Präsidium Berlin 1936 (Polizei Headquarters of Berlin).
The manufacturer marking on the liner from 1936. "Berliner Kofferfabrik INH Max Densow". This manufacturer produced M31 liners during the prewar years from 1936-1938.
M40 ET64 Heer, found in neighborhood of this web site's creator in the summer of 2022.
The liner of the M40 ET64 Heer.
ET style Heer decal.
M18 Bell L 64 with Feldgrau WW2 paint and with a WW1 liner and strap. Found in Bærum (the town of this web sites creator) spring of 2022.
The right side of the M18 Bell L 64. Note the heavy blows on top of the helmet.
The front of the M18 Bell L 64. Note the shape of the vent "horns". Typical of Bell L helmets.
The WW1 style liner of the M18 Bell L 64. Note the mice eaten damage.
The Bell L stamp. Note the church bell shaped marking in the front of the letter L.
The ventilation "horn" of the Bell L helmet. Note the characteristic rounded horns.
M42 ET62 Heer, found in neighborhood of this web site's creator in the summer of 2021. Tucked under the liner, a Soviet era (during the war) newspaper was found.
The liner of the M42 ET62 Heer. Note the Soviet (Russian) paper under the liner.
A Russian propaganda newspaper from 1943.
M35 SE64 Polizei with a bordered Polizei decal. This is so-called "transitional" (from M35 to M40) helmet with a Polizei decal typical for M40 helmets, smooth Feldgrau paint typical for M35 helmets, a M31 liner with steel band and bailes typical for M40 helmets and aluminum buckle on the chinstrap typical for M35 helmets. Found in neighbor city of this web site's creator in the summer of 2021. Found with some small SS items.
The right side of the helmet.
The liner of the M35 SE64 Polizei.
The SE style Polizei decal with border line. Note the golden look due to age and the cracking.
The SE style Party decal. Note the golden look due to age and the cracking.
Ink stamp on the liner's leather. The name of the owner; Luwig Haider, his grade; Rev. Oberwachtmeister d. ... the street Wittener Strasse 22.. and city Bochum
M18 E.T. 64 "earcut-out" Kriegsmarine/Reichsmarine with an early C.A. Pocher Kriegsmarine decal. This decal is described in "The Helmet Decals of the Third Reich" pages 112-114, Ken Niewiarowicz w/ Anders Lehrman. The helmet has a early M31 liner with an embossed manufacturer marking, Schuberth-Werke 1937 and an embossed Reichsmarine marking. Found in the neighborhood with a K98 ammo pouch with KM markings, the summer of 2023. According to the former owner it was found in one the KM bases along the Oslo fjord.
The right side of the helmet. The national shield is removed according to the !940 regualtions.
The M31 liner with a single aluminum band and embossed manufacturer marking on the leather. The chinstrap bailes are worn down and the helmet has received a new RBNr chinstrap. Named to "Schröers".
The front of the helmet, note the characteristic ventilation "horns" and the shape of the helmet.
The helmet with a K98 ammo poch with KM markings, bouth found together.
The early C.A Pocher Kriegsmarine decal described in "The Helmet Decals of the Third Reich" pages
112-114 by Ken Niewiarowicz w/ Anders Lehrman. Note the remnants of an another decal on the upper right side of the decal. Probably a Reichsmarine decal with lot of protection varnish on top. The decal looks more golden in real than this provided picture and using a magnifyer with different UV lights, one can see the typical gold flakes as in other KM decals.
The embossed Reichsmarine marking.
The early embossed Schuberth-Werke Braunschweig from 1937 and the size marking is 64
The chinstrap with RBNr 0/0365/0012 marking.
M40 Quist 66 with ordinary white paint, not whitewash. No serious wear on the outside. Found in Bærum, the same county as the web site creator lives. The former owner was the daughter of the Norwegian resistance fighter who found this helmet in German base near by in 1945.
The right side of the helmet.
The front of the helmet.
The rear side of the helmet.
The M31 liner of the helmet.
The helmet up side down.
Close-up picture of one the rivets and the paint.
Close-up picture of one the rivets and the paint.
M42 EF 66 Polizei with a set EF style decals. The Fulda factory (EF) was the sole provider of M42 helmets to the Polizei branch from 1942 to the end of the war. Found in Drammen the summer of 2023, but the former owner father was a Norwegian restance fighter who picked this helmet up in a local police station in Bergen run by the Germans in 1945.
The right side of the helmet with the party shield.
The front of the helmet.
The M31 liner of the helmet. Note the liner has 9 tongues, but the size is 66. Probably due to the split seam in the rear is running through the rear tongue.
The Polizei decal of the helmet. This is a EF style decal which has the resemblance to the Methner & Bürger Polizei design. Note the black edge on the left side of the decal which shows another Polizei decal beneath the last decal.
The party shield on the right side.
The chinstrap is a Geflitter, Striegau 1942.