Heer Helmets

Observations :

Factory paint color will differ between the helmet makers. For M35’s this can range from apple to pea green.
Exist as double decal (M34 , M35) , single decal (M35 , M40 , M42) and without decal (M40 Quist , M42).
I explicitly kept M40 DD out of the above list as for me at this point there is no proof Factory DD M40 were ever made. Only a handful of M40 DD Heer helmets are known to exist and they are from different makers. My feeling is that the tricolor decal was added for a reason yet unknown after the helmets left the factory. View every DD M40 with a very critical eye. You would like to see the eagle and the tricolor to have aged similarly.
Heer decals are silver and can tone to a dark yellow/brown goldish color , people often mistake them for Kriegsmarine decals. Be careful as the price difference is huge.
Roller buckle chinstraps are often found on early Heer helmets (M35 , M16/M18).

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Eisenhüttenwerke Thale (ET) size 64 – M35

One of the earliest ET M35’s
No Lot number , only an R stamp
Early E.T. style stamp
The decal is not the standard ET decal but the rare Wilhelm Abels decals. Only found on really early early shells. (1935 or earlier)
1935 Dome stamp

Quist (Q) size 64 – M35

A very early Quist shell because of the Pocher decal set and the liner with the embossed size stamp. Probably of 1936 manufacture.
Lot number 5142

Photos courtesy of RoyA

Vereinigte Deutsche Nickelwerke (NS) size 66 – M35

Eisenhüttenwerke Thale (ET) size 64 – M35

Emaillierwerke A.G. Fulda (EF) size 64 – M35

Emaillierwerke A.G. Fulda (EF) size 64 – M40

Lot number 21236
1940 dated liner band
Pocher heer decal (one of 3 Heer decal types observed on EF M40 shells)
Note the light toning of the decal which is typical for decals on EF M40 and M42 shells.
Maker marked chinstrap

Emaillierwerke A.G. Fulda (EF) size 62 – M40

Lot number 11374
1941 dated liner band
E Jutner heer decal (one of 3 Heer decal types observed on EF M40 shells)
Note the light toning of the decal which is typical for decals on EF M40 and M42 shells.

Quist (Q) size 66 – M40

Eisenhüttenwerke Thale (ET) size 74 – M42

Pictures courtesy of M38

Eisenhüttenwerke Thale (ckl) size 64 – M42

This helmet was found in 2005 in Norway by Jan Meland , an avid helmet hunter , collector and subject expert.
Lot number 2989.
ET style decal
Liner band date not readable.
Wire assembly for camouflage purposes
Period paper tucked under the leather for comfort

Eisenhüttenwerke Thale (ckl) size 66 – M42

Classic mid war no decal helmet
Lot number 4462
1943 Dated liner band
Has a period roller buckle chinstrap , not the standard issued one , which on one side is kept attached to the D ring with a piece of leather. A field repair.
The name Munnecke is ink stamped all over the leather , even on the tip of the chinstrap.
Has the later ET dome stamp