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WWII German Nazi Waffen SS M35 Original Helmet for sale . 

This is an original German Waffen SS  M35 Helmet. I bought in Krakow ,Poland back in 2012. I purchased it from an old gramdpa which he claimed he kept it after the collaps of Hitler Nazi party in 1945 . The only thing he did to this helmet is the vent holes has been replaced with similar screw and he also cleaned up the inside leather, they were all dirty and stinky. Now it can be yours for the same price as I paid for. Elesewhere are selling for a ridiculous price . 

Here is some history behind the helmet : 

German helmet (Stahlhelm) M35
In the 1930s the nature of the war changed, also the role of modern foot troops changed - they became more mobile. So the requirements to a protective equipment changed as well. Now a steel helmet had to be less overall, but along with this it had to protect a soldier not only from a shrapnel, but also from bigger and heavier fragments, pistol bullets, jabs, butt stroke and buildings fragments. Then German constructors who designed an M16 created a modification with an M35 abbreviation.

This helmet became more compact (a peak and neck-flap became smaller) and more solid, now it could hold pressure up to 220 kg per мм2.  Such helmet was made of high-quality alloy carbon steel on a press with addition of molly. A steel sheet was 1 - 1,5 mm thick. It weighted around 1300 g.

German steel helmet M35

A helmet liner consisted of eight (sometimes nine) tongues of calf skin, which made its wearing more comfortable. For example, in Soviet helmets of those times they used faux leather, which rubbed solders’ heads. A liner and a chinstrap were attached to an aluminum band, which were attached to the helmet with 3 clasps. A decal with German tricolor was applied on the right side of a model M35 (on a German helmet SS there was a decal - a party shield of Deutsches Reich- attached). A decal Kriegsmarine, Wehrmacht, Polizei, SS or Luftwaffe was applied on the left side. However, since 1940 only one decal was applied on the left side of an M35 modification for the purpose of masking.

As a matter of fact, there were much more decal versions (Sturmabteilung, Hitler Jugend, Afrika Korps, LandesPolizei, Medic DRK, Blue Division and others), but we will certainly talk about it in another article.

By the beginning of the WW2 a German Stahlhelm M35 was considered the best one in the world. It is worth noting that for the first two years after an M35 helmet was accepted for service, they produced 1 400 000 pieces of all sizes and about 1 000 000 pieces by the year of 1940, when an M35 model was replaced by M40.

 

German Waffen SS M35 Helmet

$1,200.00 Regular Price
$960.00Sale Price
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