Original Wwii Army

   Offered is an original Model 1935 German Army steel helmet. Good large size steel shell, sized 68, retaining the original apple green paint, with an overpainted secondary wartime field grey paint scheme, most likely mid war painted. 90% outer paint remains, with some scratches & wear and tear commensurate with age and use (no dents showing). The two original decals show the Heer being mostly scratched out, with only the base white background remaining, whereas the tricolour is about 80% present, with some scratches & crazing from age. The 3 split pins show some movement. The...

   This is an original German army WW2 helmet shell that was refurbished by the Czech government after the war for civil defense. Since there were many leftover German helmet shells after WW2 the Czech government took these helmet and repainted them black (the color for civil defense) and replaces the liner if needed. Many types of helmets were used for civil defense and German helmets were commonalty used for it. The role of civil defense was to assist the fire service and the military in case of acts of war. This particular shell is a M35 so it has the rolled edges as well as the ...