I have just joined and this is my first post, I need some help please identifying this helmet, I purchased this helmet locally to me Essex England after it was discovered in a deceased mans home with another helmet I missed out on !
Your opinions would be greatly appreciated, Thank You
Gents…my M1916 steelhelmet mm "W66" not a common mm to be found on Imperial steel helmets, this mark is for the maker "Hermann Weissenburger & Co" of Stuttgart-Canstatt.
On the inside dome of every WWI German helmet you will find a heating lot code. These codes were used by the factories during production. In many cases the heating lot code will indicate where the steel was milled. These steel mills are called rolling mills. My helmet is marked "E42" which is sadly an unknown mark ! Most of Weissenburger & Co made helmets I have sen/examined have been marked with an "R" indicating the rolling mills at "Stahlwerk Röchling" at Volkingen, but not mine. It also has a black stencilled "57" which may indicate a depot refurbed helmet…..it has a typical 3 pad leather liner, behind each pad is a tied on pillow of horsehair or gauze.
Prost ! Steve.
Greetings all. I know that experts on this forum have described the difficulty in authenicating shoulderboards from photos alone, but I hope this recently purchased set is distinctive enough for opinions to be made please. They were sold to me as Recon or Konzentationlager but the waffenfarbe exactly matches the color "Karmesinrot" (Veterinardienste) from my 1944 SS soldatenfreund diary. I have never seen Makers Marks (as shown) stamped like this onto SB’s and have no reason to doubt it other than the year "1943" looks clearer and darker than the other writing.
Could you please cast your views on authenicity and the role of the Veterinarian companies duringthe war. It seems to me, they would be an essential but "low-profile" part of a division.
Than you for you time and opinions. Paul
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