Sturm-Bataillon Nr.5 (Rohr) Helmet

[Spasm]

Guten whatsit Gents

Another helmet. Thanks to Tony who supplied the helmet from a Somme marketplace a few weeks ago (Good Man) and thanks to Chris (Kaiser Bunker) for letting me use some of his pictures (another Good Man) and also thanks to the Admin Staff for letting me off of the DIY for a bit.

Here's the helmet (an M16) as pictured in Tony's garden straight from the market and complete with price tag (although Tony did beat up the dealer a bit with his Junior School French) :

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Having had a very pretty fairly good condition M16 across my painting desk a few weeks ago (The Sgt Daly helmet in another post) I mentally noted how it looked once cleaned up a bit and tried to replicate the look on this one.

Here's the inside of the skirt before and after:

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And here's the outside. I've shined up the lacquer a bit to give it a well handled look but it makes the photos a bit more difficult.

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[Chris Boonzaier]

Fantastic!!!

I love it!!!!

[TacHel]

Another beauty!

[Tony]

I forgot to mention the helmet was only on loan