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    relichelmet

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      Collector of U-boat and Kriegsmarine Items

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    1. It sure looks like a tanning booth, they are lying on beds with sheets and everything. I also doubt so small lamps in these height would effect the heat of the water much. It would be great if someone could provide more info on this. Best Regards
    2. Interesting story Jesse. Please post some pictures of the ships clock. Best Regards Thorsteinn.
    3. Thank you for your reply Gordon. Could I have your opinion on the insignia please, does it have a chance? Best Regards Thorsteinn.
    4. My friend got a notification on another forum that this side cap is a fake. Best Regards Thorsteinn.
    5. Could I have some opinons on this overseas hat for a friend of mine. He has been looking all over the net for a cap with the same pattern like this one but all he can find are m40 side caps. Someone suggested this might be a m34 model. Did they ever make kriegsmarine m34 hats except for the coastal artillery? Or could this be a private purchase side cap?
    6. Thank you for your replies Gentlemen. Chris yes that is a bullethole. Peter I will try that site and see if I will find anything, I will inform you guys if I do. Best Regards Thorsteinn.
    7. Hello Guys I have this helmet in my collection it has stamped markings on the inside that read C.L./C. 1941 for the canadian motorlamp company. The helmet was found in a fleamarket in germany. It has a insignia painted on the front four red diamonds inside each other. I have been trying to find out if this a divisional insignia or something else but with no luck. Someone suggested communications unit as the insignia looks like radio antenna or directional/locating type but I have had no definite answers. On the inside there is penciled service number H 613579. I asked around about it and this is the information I got about the service number: The service number belongs issued to 10 Military District NRMA recruits, so it would seem your helmet was issued to a Zombie from Manitoba or Northern Ontario. It may be he eventually volunteered to go overseas or was one of the hapless batch that went anyway in late 1944. I asked about the term "Zombie" as I was not familiar with it: NRMA was the National Resources Mobile Resources which allowed conscription for home defence. Until the very last months of the War only volunteers were sent overseas. Needless to say those conscripted under NRMA were "encouraged" to volunteer. Those chose not to too and preferred to remain safe in Canada (albeit some were sent to the Aleutian Islands or the West Indies) were called "Zombies" by the Canadian Army Overseas, which by late 1944, badly needed replacements. If anyone has some answers or theories then I would appreciate to hear them Best Regards Thorsteinn.
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