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Here is an interesting one with an interesting camouflage pattern that I have never seen before. This is a NZ Production NZP helmet dated 1941 which is named to two service members Nolan and Ryrie. I am doing some research to identify the owners at the moment. I suspect these are members of the NZ Home Guard.

Rob

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Here is an interesting one with an interesting camouflage pattern that I have never seen before. This is a NZ Production NZP helmet dated 1941 which is named to two service members Nolan and Ryrie. I am doing some research to identify the owners at the moment. I suspect these are members of the NZ Home Guard.

Rob

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The red stripe is after what i could measure 4mm. Would these also have been used by the RAD for a short time, "classified" as the first pattern (1935)?
Any help/correction is appreciated.
Stig

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picked this up at an antique store a few months ago. No markings other than the broad arrow stamp.

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Sitting down lower is also this M42 ND plain Jane helmet. Lot #2887 that I bought directly via a US acquaintance that ( he thinks ) was a vet bring back……..well the guy said it was in the house when they cleared it out after the old man passed ( he was a widower ) and the family doesn’t remember seeing it before - it was just among the stuff in storage they found.

The chinstrap stubs are definitely cut - not torn or rotted - and the liner seems to have also been torn as it is very brittle and blackened at the edges. The odd thing ( to me anyway ) is the liner itself - the remains seem as if it is made from some Ersatz material??? very cardboard like and not the pigskin I was expecting to see…..

Anyway, just another basic un-messed with helmet as they are getting hard to find these days….cool militaria

Cheers, Dan

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I got this from member ‘Kradspam’ - Andy - years back who old members may recall started the 1000 post helmet round the world trip…….;)

well, Andy doesn’t post anymore but this helmet was saved by him - it had a TRAGIC garish enamel post war cammo over-paint which he successfully removed revealing the remains of an earlier winter paint job. A Quist 64 ( they of the oversize vents ) which is in Luftwaffe blue and, impossible to photograph - the remains / shadow of the flying Adler.

What on earth caused the liner to go like that is beyond me but believe it or not, it is still pliable and quite soft and strong on the inside……

Its NOT a pants wetter but I still thought you’d like to have a gander at it???
Cheers, Dan

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Hello folks.

I grabbed these off eBay in the midst of my feldpost binge. Browsing listings for letters, I spotted these. Two very interesting and, I believe, somewhat unique pieces of correspondence between a German prisoner of war and someone at home. As usual, I’m stumped by the language barrier, but the British stamps speak for themselves.
I’m unsure as to whether this man was a prisoner in a camp situated on the British Isles, or whether he was held elsewhere. The letters, spanning two years, are dated 1946 and 1947 respectively. Both are faded and very frail. They have spent virtually all their time since I had them tucked into a folder with the rest of my feldpost collection.

They have all the hallmarks of very old paper, and seem to have been cherished by the recipient for a very long time. I’d be interested to know what these letters say, as an insight into the world after the war.

Apologies for the glare in the photographs.

Best regards, B.B.

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