My German WW2 Helmet Collection!

Quick video on all of the helmets I've collected!

[@GavTatu]

i live in jersey, about 35 years ago, me and a friend went into one of the tunnel complexes we have and pulled out about a dozen rotten helmets, the good stuff had been taken years before... we managed to clean up and body fill and paint three of them, and dumped the rest. now, i wish i'd have kept even the bad ones !

[@LiamCWW2]

Haha awesome, I’ve heard a few similar stories from people over here too. It’s a shame some of the helmets were just left there to rust really. Even pretty rough helmets fetch a bit of money these days! I’m in Guernsey

[@DeckersMilitaria]

Someone said earlier but they are right: the hungarian helmet is a bulgarian one, indeed. Hungarian WW2 helmets were based on the M35 german ones, but had a tab at the back of the skirt (for fixing them to the backpack).

[@garydonnelly8337]

Found one year's ago just dumped in the woods behind my house. Gave to my aunt her husband was German.

[@LiamCWW2]

Pretty cool - there are plenty out there in rusty condition like I imagine that one was - it’s the mint ones that are really hard to get these days

[@garydonnelly8337]

@LiamCWW2 Mine was mint even had a name written in the inside and emblems on outside, wish I would have kept

[@LiamCWW2]

@@garydonnelly8337 mint original helmets with names can definitely be worth a few thousand pounds!

[@historicmilitaria1944]

Very nice collection with the added bonous that you can always upgrade the quality in years to come...my first two "german" helmets were a spanish lookeylikey for a tenner and a fibreglass repro shell for a fiver,now im on around 18 unaltered ww2 german helmets and 6 ww1 german helmets.

[@LiamCWW2]

Yep absolutely the plan. I've already sold a few and upgraded... I've now got a taste for it so know what I want :)

[@dregonzalez6815]

Great finds

[@Blitz1944]

Very nice collection, well done, not easy to find nice helmets these days at decent prices.

[@LiamCWW2]

Thanks :) and definitely not, I've got a few from USA and I don't pay VAT/duties etc. so manage to get them under UK market price. Even then, they're not cheap!! looking at close to a grand for anything nice really... unless you're very lucky!

[@FinnvanderLinden-jt4dt]

Really nice helmets

[@LiamCWW2]

Thanks, it's just the start :) but I must admit space is limited!

[@kenhalfers167]

Always want one of the German helmets, original of course but it is costly since they were wore by those German soldiers. Good collection.

[@LiamCWW2]

You can always start out by getting relics. They have a lot of character and can be 80,90% cheaper

[@kenhalfers167]

@@LiamCWW2 I have a Edinburgh coin from 1930's. When I get very old and died I want that coin to be with me whether buried or cremated. Thanks for your response.

[@ICEYMangione]

Nice lids man and love the Omega PO! 👌

[@LiamCWW2]

Thanks a lot 👌 planet ocean is my baby along with my Graham Overlord Chronofighter and two U-Boats 😄 even got a 1930s Russian watch - believe it was a pocket watch made into wrist but love the ticking sound. Helmets are expensive but watches are even more so!

[@CarpetYT1201]

Wow such a nice helmet collection! 😊

[@LiamCWW2]

Thanks! Hopefully I’ll get some nice ones during 2024 too!

[@worldwarhistory960]

Great collection u have there!

[@LiamCWW2]

Thanks, always slowly expanding it too! might be slightly addicted haha

[@worldwarhistory960]

@@LiamCWW2 i know that feeling 😅

[@ilmagnifico82]

1:33 The first helmet apple green color, is eggshell or satin paint? Thank you!

[@LiamCWW2]

It was RAL6003 paint that was meant to match apple green but it came out way too light - I will repaint it sometime this year as it doesn't look right unfortunately.

[@ilmagnifico82]

@@LiamCWW2 I just try to use rust o leum spruce green color but i spray some flat red primer paint, before i apply the final coat!

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

You should collect Waffen SS items, it's worth a fortune. Things like rare Totenkopf rings, insigna for the soldiers and lieutenants.

[@andersbeackman3852]

Am selling my orginal german helmets cillection, have 22 of them army sd, dd. Luftwaffe also sd, dd, camo,, ss, medic 3:25

[@454FatJack]

Soviet SSH-40 , Winter war many -36 were donated to 🇫🇮😂

[@Anonymous_Member9999]

Shut up and take my money

[@F4GRAPHICS]

Aren't there 12?

[@anthonyclaus2843]

what about that mp40

[@LiamCWW2]

Only airsoft, very strict gun laws here unfortunately.

[@dregonzalez6815]

Are thy replicas

[@LiamCWW2]

None of them are replicas. A couple don't have original paint/decals though.