Post war German helmet Cullender

[Jock Auld]

Guys,

This was also with the scrap.  You can see where the liner holes are still visible.  The damage to the enamel is where someone tossed it in the scrap.

[Trooper_D]

Well if swords can be turned into ploughshares, why not? Have you come across many of these, Jock?

[Spasm]

Seems like it was done on a large scale too

 

[Trooper_D]

Fascinating film, Spasm. Interesting that, as early as 1946, there was such a pressing (sorry!) need that it was worth creating machine tools specifically to convert helmets into cullenders.

Edited September 3, 2016 by Trooper_D

[Jock Auld]

Thanks for the film link.  They have always been good at recyling.

[Alex K]

They have their post-war uses!, came across this on a vacation to Kefalonia, Itallian?

 

Alex K

[ÖSTA]

Nice one Jock. I've got one. at home. It's as heavy a hell!

[peter monahan]

Mind, putting the handles on would make it easiert to re-fit a chin strap if necessary.