Richard Gordon Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Morning all!Chris B shared with us his ultimate combat helmet that has history to a famous regiment. Today I'll share this one with you.As you can see it's a nice Luft M42 SD with the shell marked NS64. Liner is standard with pin-skin leather and original chin-strap. Unfortunately no name can be found anywhere on this helmet. So where does the 'history' part come in???Can anyone guess?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Can anyone guess?? Unit stamp on the chin strap(Does that count as a name)? If not, perhaps you got it from the original vet or his family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lyons Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Unit marked inside the liner, or on the chinstrap, that would be indeed unusual for a later war helmet,very nice M42 by the way, it would be hard to upgrade that one!Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gordon Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Thanks for the comments guys! Well, here's the answer:It came directly from the family of the vet who 'captured' it. Is was sold by his niece who also provided the capture papers.Needless to say, it's one of those pieces everyone dreams of obtaining and I was extremely pleased to get it. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Hello!RichardWov! All the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAB Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Nice helemt. So you have any vet info? Who he served with where he served and info surrounding the finding of the helmet. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 You did very well with that one!! The decal is one of the best I have seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Gordon Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Hello!RichardWov! All the bestNesredepThanks!Nice helemt. So you have any vet info? Who he served with where he served and info surrounding the finding of the helmet. PeteWhen I got it another collector looked up the soldiers details, which are available online (but I'm sorry to say I forget where). If I recall correctly the soldier was in the transport corp but nothing more than that.You did very well with that one!! The decal is one of the best I have seen!Thanks for the compliment Paul!Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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