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 !
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
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
@DeckersMilitaria8 ай бұрын
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).
@garydonnelly83372 ай бұрын
Found one year's ago just dumped in the woods behind my house. Gave to my aunt her husband was German.
@LiamCWW22 ай бұрын
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
@garydonnelly83372 ай бұрын
@LiamCWW2 Mine was mint even had a name written in the inside and emblems on outside, wish I would have kept
@LiamCWW22 ай бұрын
@@garydonnelly8337 mint original helmets with names can definitely be worth a few thousand pounds!
@historicmilitaria19448 ай бұрын
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.
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
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 :)
@dregonzalez68154 ай бұрын
Great finds
@Blitz19448 ай бұрын
Very nice collection, well done, not easy to find nice helmets these days at decent prices.
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
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-jt4dt8 ай бұрын
Really nice helmets
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
Thanks, it's just the start :) but I must admit space is limited!
@kenhalfers1678 ай бұрын
Always want one of the German helmets, original of course but it is costly since they were wore by those German soldiers. Good collection.
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
You can always start out by getting relics. They have a lot of character and can be 80,90% cheaper
@kenhalfers1678 ай бұрын
@@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.
@ICEYMangione5 ай бұрын
Nice lids man and love the Omega PO! 👌
@LiamCWW25 ай бұрын
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!
@CarpetYT12018 ай бұрын
Wow such a nice helmet collection! 😊
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
Thanks! Hopefully I’ll get some nice ones during 2024 too!
@worldwarhistory9608 ай бұрын
Great collection u have there!
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
Thanks, always slowly expanding it too! might be slightly addicted haha
@worldwarhistory9608 ай бұрын
@@LiamCWW2 i know that feeling 😅
@ilmagnifico825 ай бұрын
1:33 The first helmet apple green color, is eggshell or satin paint? Thank you!
@LiamCWW25 ай бұрын
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.
@ilmagnifico825 ай бұрын
@@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_Mercia8 ай бұрын
You should collect Waffen SS items, it's worth a fortune. Things like rare Totenkopf rings, insigna for the soldiers and lieutenants.
@andersbeackman38528 ай бұрын
Am selling my orginal german helmets cillection, have 22 of them army sd, dd. Luftwaffe also sd, dd, camo,, ss, medic 3:25
@454FatJack8 ай бұрын
Soviet SSH-40 , Winter war many -36 were donated to 🇫🇮😂
@Anonymous_Member9999Ай бұрын
Shut up and take my money
@F4GRAPHICS8 ай бұрын
Aren't there 12?
@anthonyclaus28438 ай бұрын
what about that mp40
@LiamCWW28 ай бұрын
Only airsoft, very strict gun laws here unfortunately.
@dregonzalez68154 ай бұрын
Are thy replicas
@LiamCWW24 ай бұрын
None of them are replicas. A couple don't have original paint/decals though.