Military Collectibles Shop - Military Collecting 101: German Helmets

[@darrengilbert7438]

That was a really good video, Jerry. You did a great job, and I enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks Darren! always appreciate your comments!

[@zimmmerit6308]

this is what I call a good informative video!! I though the lot number was just a number of particular helmet... I did not know that was a 'Heat' lot number. I bough untouched German M42 Ckl68 field gray no decal helmet and it is priceless to me and ofc beautiful.

[@chrisfry7915]

I am 56 and just bought my first American helmet thanks to the 101 video you made. That gave me enough courage to invest in the hobby. I will email some photos of the helmet soon. I hope you make a 101 video on visor caps, since I also bought one of those to have next to the helmet. thank you for the good information and for advising people to leave paint and decals alone. Big win there.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks - glad it helped! Good idea on the visors too. We are all in this together!

[@manniegentile6099]

Thank you for this glimpse of your collection. Well done.

[@fondag4221]

this is a funny hobby/obsession/study of and preservation of history. My father bought me my first German helmet when i was 12 or so. I still have it and I am 56 now. I had a number of helmets which I sold at 17...and regretted it. Rewind to a few years ago and the bug bit hard and now I have a modest collection of German helmets from WW1, WW2 and West German M40/53 both textured and not. A vintage Bulgarian WW2 M36B thrown in and Spanish etc. I have managed to obtain the correct belt buckle for each one. I love the study of history (I have a degree in it) particularly the machinations of 'modern Europe' in the 20 century. Owning a piece of history (albeit brief in the grand scheme of things) is wonderful and very rewarding and hopefully it helps us to remember not to repeat the mistakes and evil deeds of the past. Stay well everybody.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Nice! we are going through a collection of various "world headgear" so there will come interesting pieces coming up for sale soon!

[@fondag4221]

forgot to add how much I enjoy these videos and they are a reminder that this is meant to be fun! keep up the great work gents...

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks- we do try and have fun with it!

[@AdamMann3D]

Can't wait to see all your helmets in person. I only have an original M35 shell restored to double decal apfelgrun.

[@josephwilson9805]

Appreciate your time and effort, love the video, thanks

[@greghanson407]

When I entered the Army in 1973, I thought helmets were bulletproof. It wasn't until I had been in for a while that I actually saw what an M16 would do to a helmet, a small hole going in, a huge jagged hole coming out the other side. Helmets were mainly to protect your head from rocks, dirt clods, maybe glancing blows from bullets or shrapnel. I have a German M42 helmet that has two shrapnel holes over the right eye area that didn't come out the other side, so I assume the shrapnel was stopped by the head of the man wearing the helmet at the time.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

The interesting thing is the Iraqis were told that their helmets were bullet proof Kevlar- (which they were not) but I do have a US Kevlar helmet with an AK round embedded in it that managed to protect the soldier who was wearing it.

[@alexromashko9785]

Thanks for putting this together! I have a bunch of battle damaged relic helmets and it’s fun to look at them and see the differences and what they mean!

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks for watching!

[@themeatywizard2991]

Where do you purchase the relics from? Thanks

[@murraymccheyne5576]

Great video Jerry excellent overview on the the subject collecting German helmets is a fun hobby bring on the next video cheers Murray from oz 🇦🇺

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks Mate and Hello Down Under!

[@pauls5981]

just came across this i know it 9 months ago but it was a very interesting video so a new sub i normally collect iron crosses Russian front wound badges but got my self 2 German helmets m40 and a m42 so i learnt a few things watching this many thanks

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Welcome aboard! Congrats on the helmets and Thanks for being part of the journey!

[@SteveHill-dk5xl]

Wonderful ship model . May I ask what it is? When it was made? And is it an Item for sale?

[@csaint6780]

That was some great info, thanks Jerry,

[@raymondkevinbird148]

Great video, very informative and fun.Thank you.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@maakjar]

This was an excellent video and great descriptions

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@JohnB-le2pi]

Thanks for the great video. I've recently started collecting helmets recently (mostly ComBloc) and have discovered another variation that I'm sure you have seen. These would be the Finnish M40 and later updated M40/55. These were supposedly either made by the Germans for Finland, or made on German machinery that was sold to the Finns. I have several of these that I bought from IMA. They are selling them for around $50 and I am very happy with mine. And no I will not be refurbishing them with German paint and decals- they are already historical in that they saw combat during the Winter War and the Continuation War. Keep up with the great videos and the corny jokes (I always get a laugh from your vids!).

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Nice! Thanks - yea I should have mentioned the Finnish ones, as I see many of those being "mocked up" and sold as WWII German....

[@thurin84]

your transitional stahlhelm is actually an austrian m16 helmet. you can tell by the placement of the chinstrap rivet further up on the skirt. actually have seen quite a few autrian transitionals so i wonder if they adopted a large stock of them after the anschluss or maybe theyre from austrian personal drafted into the wehrmacht.

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks- you know as I was doing it I saw that that rivet and thought ("oh crap...") I do have a M18 DD somewhere...

[@thurin84]

@@militarycollectiblesshop lol. isnt that how it always goes?

[@ulfprange2570]

Sehr interessant wie können die Aluminium Helme eingeordnet werden. Nur als Parade Helm?

[@josephseaton283]

Good stuff !!! How can I get a t-shirt ?

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks- we sell them at the shop= but you can email me from our website with your size- we are running low, but should have another batch coming soon.

[@DarrellBeckford]

26:40 Andy Summers. 👍🏾

[@josephhauad8673]

Great information thanks

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Glad it was helpful!

[@shermansquires3979]

Didn’t the Chinese army have genuine German helmets too? M35 if memory serves. Surely there should be thousands of those available as surplus?

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

They did have these helmet in smaller numbers- but they were used by the Nationalist Chinese- (who were driven from power) so these helmets are in fact quite rare and highly sought after by collectors.

[@shermansquires3979]

@@militarycollectiblesshop thanks for replying! I had hoped in some universe that they were actually being sold on sites like wish! 😆 I have an aluminium ‘pepper pot’ vent pattern, did you mention they are M 1936 ?

[@pauldouglas3084]

Enjoy the video mate

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks!

[@ecrevissebigeard6293]

thanks

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thank you for watching!

[@grantsmilitaryhistoryc8875]

Have you sold that Prussian shake yet

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

No- but it should be on the website soon - or email me from the site and I can send pics. www.militarycollectorshq.com

[@grantsmilitaryhistoryc8875]

Thanks for letting me know I have been looking for a field gray one ,I ment tshako

[@johnny.dynacord]

M35 unt M40 Stahlhelm Helmet was the most iconic and impressive helmet in the world.....Danke Germany fűr das.....🤚❤🇩🇪🥇👏👏

[@axeaddiction796]

Do you sell helmets?

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Yes- all kinds of them!

[@seppehens8459]

the poice didnt use the m34 not this model obly the edelstahlhelm model of the m34 the ones without comb and holes where becouse of the aluminum shortige

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Thanks for the info!

[@ronaldchmielewski]

Nice humming tone on this video check your empty jug😂😂

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

I had the AC on...it gets warm with all that hot air in there...

[@g-dlr]

Luftwaffah 😂 just Luftwaffe juuuuuust Luftwaffe. Luftwaffle. Great video though

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

hahaha old habits die hard...

[@raydelacruz7774]

I even enjoyed it! Imagine that!!!🤭💩💩💩💩💩😺

[@militarycollectiblesshop]

Uh oh, we must be doing something wrong!