Hi all
apologies for I have been offline for a while!!
suffering from this never-ending cold that everyone seems to have!!!notcool
anyway to cheer myself up I thought I would try to catch up with posting some of my new years intake!!
for the Swiss helmet collection…

It’s a M48/62 all Swiss made example copied from the WW II British design!! the Swiss bought British WW II stock first… and at the end of its use started making their own!!
This example looks unissued!! the plastic “ID” tag is un-written on!!!

The rear of the helmet is marked with a white stencilled “B” denoting Despatch rider type…
The outer finish is an attractive “brush flick” paint splatter finish (see pics)
The inner stainless liner mounting is very similar to the M71 type… The leather para type four point fixing chinstrap (made by P. Brunner Sattler Kirchendorf ) passes through the ear protector apron (often missing) which is fitted via press studs..(see pics)
the leather headband tongues are marked with different makers and dates Paul Rytz 1983 Erlenbach.. and E. Oenninger 1982 Bazenheid??.. so I guess this being one of the very last designs made… was a case for using up the last un-matching component parts??…

best of all….from the same seller (separately …but at the same time!! ) I also bought this Experimental Swiss camo reversible helmet cover!!
This pattern was only made in zelt/poncho and tent pole bags as far as I know!!?? shame really because its such a cool pattern!! the cover itself is really well made!! …it came without a draw chord (but the function had been built in) ..so I added one…. and it seems to fit the helmet pretty well!!!

comments please….

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Here is my latest acquistion, a 1957er Fliegererinnerungsabzeichen [Aviators' Commemorative Badge]. This is probably the rarest of the flight badges, both in the WW2- and the 1957 issues.

First, a little background history:

The Luftwaffe’s flight badges for pilots, glider pilots, observers, air gunners/radio operators and paratroopers were both qualification- and trade badges and thus only authorized for wear as long as the person holding them was still on actual flight status. If a Luftwaffe member holding a flight badge was no longer on flight status due to being retired, discharged or re-assigned to a ground crew role, the badge could no longer be worn.

To compensate for this, the Fliegererinnerungsabzeichen was instituted by Göring on 26 March 1936. The badge could be awarded to Luftwaffe members who ceased to be on flight status under honorable conditions and had held any one of the flight badges for several years. (The minimum time was set at 4 years for active-duty personnel, 4 years for reserve personnel who had served in military aviation in WW1 and had held a WW1-era flight badge and 15 years for all other personnel. In exceptional cases - such as a medical discharge due to injuries suffered in an aircraft accident - the badge could be awarded prior to completion of these periods.)

By an order of 12 January 1944, further awards of the badge were cancelled for the duration of the war, with the regular aviation badges now authorized for continued wear even after departure from active flight status. Those who had already been awarded a Fliegererinnerungsabzeichen after the outbreak of war had the option of returning it in exchange of their original kind of flight badge.

Here’s the badge now. It’s an early piece in nice quality:

As always, all comments are welcome.

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I just got this one :

Do you have more informations about it ?
Thanks.

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Collegues

My daughter got this badge for my birthday, is this genuine or not the main concern is the small piece of metal that is protruding on the back of the badge, I have never seen this before nor do I know why it is there?

Regards Delboy

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Hi everyone would like to get some opinions on this bronze award no maker mark, any information would be greatly appreciated.

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What are your opinions? Origina? What about unit?

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Hi All,

It has been a while since I have been on here, so Hi to everyone!

I had a question regarding if the dealer found at the following link is trustworthy or if anyone has dealings with him? The prices seem a bit too cheap for some items especially Allgemeine and Waffen SS:

WW2 Original german militaria nazi ss panzer totenkopf items for sale

Many thanks,

Toffster

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