I think around 25 million were made and some estimates say around 3% exist at most today. Still quite a few but most are far from good condition - tons of relics etc.
Oh - They will bring them back...? I still waiting - Grtz from Germany 😅 By the way - One of my grandpa throw his "Heer/army" helmet near Dessau in the Mulde River and I think it will be there till today ( one of the 25 million) 😢. The other grandpa let his "Marine/navy" helmet somewhere at greece. Maybe it exist today 🤔
It's not a fake liner, it's a reproduction liner. It would only be a fake if an attempt was made to sell it as genuine. Regimentals have been totally transparent.
haha - yep, we know all about your ' one lookers' Daniel. Didn't you say that about the SS Double Decal helmet you featured a while back. You were singing it's praises and gushing over it. A little later, you pulled the video and de-listed it. If I'm not mistaken, It was even featured on that RUclips channel that exposes militaria dealers.
That Berndorf sized-66 transitional helmet at the 5:45 mark is not a WWI produced shell! It was produced interwar during the 1930's. Berndorf only made size-64 German "Prussian" style helmets (Stahlhelm nach deutschem Muster) during WWI which are generally designated as the Berndorf M18 by collectors. Nonetheless, the one shown in the video is quite rare. There are other mistakes, but shame on the dealer for not knowing something this simple. Especially a dealer who almost exclusively deals with German helmets. Buy a book, do some research and most of all please get your facts straight!
I remember as a raw recruit in '77 seeing an original fallschirmjager helmet for sale in an antiques shop in Abergavenny, £20! Wages as a junior sprog were crap, I never had the money or time to buy it, when I'd finally bit the bullet I got posted to BAOR with two days notice. Pity. I did buy a Vietnam era US M1 helmet from an SAS instructor teaching us building clearance etc, for £15, that saw me through NI on ops out in the sticks. Still got it, strolling down a Tyrone High St at midnight clearing an approach to an IED wearing that and carrying an AR15, flak jacket with US lightweight boots, got me some odd looks from regular officers on the outer perimeter or cordon.
@@LiamCWW2 I've been collecting for 35 years now and I decided by getting older to keep the best textbook pieces that I trully love and get rid of the smaller ones. I will never buy a german helmet anymore because my knowledge is lacking, the prices are crazy and having doubts about its provenance is killing the fun.
I like Kelly Hicks - he's a nice guy, but he was also fooled into buying and selling Champagne decal SS helmets. I remember a few of those helmets reaching the Regimentals shop . It is always buyer beware , when a large amount of $$$$$ £££££ is at stake, people will fake anything and indeed sell it!
great helmets ! the problem is the price of german helmets is CRAZY ! i will probly never have one in my collection. i just cant come up with 1000. $ for a decent helmet, thats what they start at .
I bought an m18 helmet about 15 years ago it is not pitted but it has a thin layer of rust on it But it looks like it was painted black at some point and I can see there is green paint under the black paint Should I try to remove the black paint ?
@@Dam_ramsa__ I actually putted it in oxalic acid. Turns out it is not black paint but apple green paint, the rust made it look like black Now I have an m18 with still a lot of original paint on it
I have a German helmet my dad brought back from Europe. He thought it was a Navy helmet that he got at the coast of northern France late 1944. I can provide pictures and I’m looking to sell it . Anyone that can help me with this?
It still amazes me how many original German helmets still exist in this world. Thanks to all the servicemen who brought them back.
I think around 25 million were made and some estimates say around 3% exist at most today. Still quite a few but most are far from good condition - tons of relics etc.
Oh - They will bring them back...? I still waiting - Grtz from Germany 😅
By the way - One of my grandpa throw his "Heer/army" helmet near Dessau in the Mulde River and I think it will be there till today ( one of the 25 million) 😢.
The other grandpa let his "Marine/navy" helmet somewhere at greece. Maybe it exist today 🤔
Incredible collection of German helmets, these look like they came out of a time machine.
Very nice 👍 not sure about fallschirmjager helmet with the fake liner , don’t think I would like to pay 4k for something that’s not real tho
It's not a fake liner, it's a reproduction liner. It would only be a fake if an attempt was made to sell it as genuine. Regimentals have been totally transparent.
@@Grahame59 reproduction - fake , same thing , not genuine , still wouldn’t like to pay that amount of money for something that wasn’t genuine ,
haha - yep, we know all about your ' one lookers' Daniel. Didn't you say that about the SS Double Decal helmet you featured a while back. You were singing it's praises and gushing over it. A little later, you pulled the video and de-listed it. If I'm not mistaken, It was even featured on that RUclips channel that exposes militaria dealers.
It’s entertainment value only
That Berndorf sized-66 transitional helmet at the 5:45 mark is not a WWI produced shell! It was produced interwar during the 1930's. Berndorf only made size-64 German "Prussian" style helmets (Stahlhelm nach deutschem Muster) during WWI which are generally designated as the Berndorf M18 by collectors. Nonetheless, the one shown in the video is quite rare.
There are other mistakes, but shame on the dealer for not knowing something this simple. Especially a dealer who almost exclusively deals with German helmets. Buy a book, do some research and most of all please get your facts straight!
I remember as a raw recruit in '77 seeing an original fallschirmjager helmet for sale in an antiques shop in Abergavenny, £20! Wages as a junior sprog were crap, I never had the money or time to buy it, when I'd finally bit the bullet I got posted to BAOR with two days notice. Pity. I did buy a Vietnam era US M1 helmet from an SAS instructor teaching us building clearance etc, for £15, that saw me through NI on ops out in the sticks. Still got it, strolling down a Tyrone High St at midnight clearing an approach to an IED wearing that and carrying an AR15, flak jacket with US lightweight boots, got me some odd looks from regular officers on the outer perimeter or cordon.
Brilliant collection! One day I must get a Double Decal SS! All of those helmets looks superb.
Good luck.
@christophemacker5338 Heer, Luftwaffe ticked off a few times - Polizei and SS not yet... I still love my collection though!
@@LiamCWW2 I've been collecting for 35 years now and I decided by getting older to keep the best textbook pieces that I trully love and get rid of the smaller ones. I will never buy a german helmet anymore because my knowledge is lacking, the prices are crazy and having doubts about its provenance is killing the fun.
Are you kidding me!?!
Idk enough to make a call one way another... but if they're legit.... these are amazing!
Super great helmet. 😍
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That last SS Q is most likely a Q62 with 54 liner. Unless for some reason a 54 liner was dropped into a 66 shell.
I like Kelly Hicks - he's a nice guy, but he was also fooled into buying and selling Champagne decal SS helmets. I remember a few of those helmets reaching the Regimentals shop . It is always buyer beware , when a large amount of $$$$$ £££££ is at stake, people will fake anything and indeed sell it!
Niiiiice!
great helmets ! the problem is the price of german helmets is CRAZY ! i will probly never have one in my collection. i just cant come up with 1000. $ for a decent helmet, thats what they start at .
Buy a less good one.
I bought an m18 helmet about 15 years ago
it is not pitted but it has a thin layer of rust on it
But it looks like it was painted black at some point and I can see there is green paint under the black paint
Should I try to remove the black paint ?
Nooo leave it as it is
Nooo leave as it is!
@@Dam_ramsa__ I actually putted it in oxalic acid.
Turns out it is not black paint but apple green paint, the rust made it look like black
Now I have an m18 with still a lot of original paint on it
Der Stahlhelm
I have a German helmet my dad brought back from Europe. He thought it was a Navy helmet that he got at the coast of northern France late 1944. I can provide pictures and I’m looking to sell it . Anyone that can help me with this?
👍👍👍
I thought ww2 German troops were evil......so why are they so highly prized and so expensive
No need for me to own one , as my father wore one in ww2 , and use to to tell me factual stories about ww2 , not the tripe listen to in today's world
No original