THE HELMET THREAD

Hi Guys.

Here's an Austrian M1975 or Stahlhelm 1, pretty much the same as the M1958 (Stahlhelm 2) but the US Riddell style cradle was replaced with this German style leather liner, this ones dates from 1996 ,thanks for looking Gary.

Nice Gary but you have to wonder what doing a 5 miler in one would be like don't you ?

Hi Guys, Here's a Swedish M1926, this one is in very good condition for it's age ( WW2), but sadly not particularly collectible or popular, but did hear a rumour these are used by some reenactors as Japanese type 90's, the shape between these two different nations lids are not too dissimilar, apart from the liners of course!!!

Thanks for looking Gary

Bury_Dave wrote:Nice Gary but you have to wonder what doing a 5 miler in one would be like don't you ?

Thanks for looking Dave, probably bloody 'orrible I would imagine, especially as the shell seems to separate it's self from the liner easily

Here's an all time classic, everyone should one one of these bad- boys in there collection, the venerable MK2 in all it's Glory!!!

This one is dated 1940, thanks for looking Gary!

The Brodie and Mk2 trace their lineage back to Crecy and Agincourt. Great for deflecting arrows coming down but not so useful for direct line of sight projectiles !

But I agree, every Brit should have one I do !

Oh, and the Swedish one has too lazy a flare for a Jap helmet to be properly accurate.

Dave

Bury_Dave wrote:The Brodie and Mk2 trace their lineage back to Crecy and Agincourt. Great for deflecting arrows coming down but not so useful for direct line of sight projectiles !

But I agree, every Brit should have one I do !

Oh, and the Swedish one has too lazy a flare for a Jap helmet to be properly accurate.

Dave

Ah Agincourt, the two fingered salute of the longbowman, this could start a whole new discussion on where the British inherited it's right to poke two fingers up to the enemy!!!!...but that's another debate.

Totally agree regarding the nigh on useless properties of the Mk2, and not sure about the lazy flare thing..I tend to wear bootcut myself, but saying that recently I have taken to wearing straight fit all over again,it's retro apparently..oh,sorry you mean the flare on the Swedish model..I dunno never been lucky or affluent to own a Japanese type 90 to line them up

tres drole mon ami I am old enough to remember wearing baggies in the late 70's . That's 1970's BTW ! Never been able to face them since. The embarassment they cause me when i see old photos of myself back then

I had the chance to handle many Japanese helmets and other kit - albeit they were all rusted - whilst working in the Philippines and exploring the old Japanese tunnels in the nearby hills on my rare days off. But that's a story for another time and preferably over a beer !

Dave

Bury_Dave wrote:tres drole mon ami I am old enough to remember wearing baggies in the late 70's . That's 1970's BTW ! Never been able to face them since. The embarassment they cause me when i see old photos of myself back then

I had the chance to handle many Japanese helmets and other kit - albeit they were all rusted - whilst working in the Philippines and exploring the old Japanese tunnels in the nearby hills on my rare days off. But that's a story for another time and preferably over a beer !

Dave

Ah yes, I seem to remember in the 70's wearing some bloody horrible brown nylon trousers that made me look a tw*t at the time, I hated my parents for making me wear those friggin' things..and that rainbow coloured roller neck Jumper..and those stupid shirts with the collars so big,if you turned around too quickly you chopped some kids head off..and the plastic slip on shoes,that in the summer ( when we had summers) would fill with sweat, they would literally slip off your feet, and trip me up on the playground.....Aghhhh Barsteward parents!!!!!!


Anyway deep breath.. 70's induced nightmare over and done with, that's a bloody cool story about the Japanese lids in the Phillipines, I would have love to been involved on that one..cheers Mate

thanks for injecting some life in this ailing thread gary im liking your latest lids the swiss m40 reminds me of the iraqi fedayeen your stahlhelm looks to be in superb condition i can see why the swedish m1926 could be mistaken for the jap type 90 the liner looks very similar to my spanish modello z and finally your mk2 looks superb the chin strap looks mint does it still retain its elasticity and on a side note i was a kid growing up in the 70s and loved my brown corduroy's lol cheers james

Easy Gee wrote:Hi Guys, Here's a Swedish M1926, this one is in very good condition for it's age ( WW2), but sadly not particularly collectible or popular, but did hear a rumour these are used by some reenactors as Japanese type 90's, the shape between these two different nations lids are not too dissimilar, apart from the liners of course!!!

Thanks for looking Gary

Does it have the badge to the front Gary?

I think that originally the Brodie was designed for the purpose of protecting Soldiers from shrapnel fragments from above hence the brim and did very well at its intended job,why the shape remained the same throughout WW2 was a mystery as the type of warfare had changed since the mostly static trench warfare of WW1.

here's one of my british mk 5 turtles this one is dated 1972 and here's my european M1 clone collection mainly west german and a couple of belgium helmets enjoy james

jaycee wrote:thanks for injecting some life in this ailing thread gary im liking your latest lids the swiss m40 reminds me of the iraqi fedayeen your stahlhelm looks to be in superb condition i can see why the swedish m1926 could be mistaken for the jap type 90 the liner looks very similar to my spanish modello z and finally your mk2 looks superb the chin strap looks mint does it still retain its elasticity and on a side note i was a kid growing up in the 70s and loved my brown corduroy's lol cheers james

Thanks James, yes it was getting a dry here,brown cords maybe ,brown nylon flared things NOOOOO!!

Cheers Mate

Gulf91 wrote:I think that originally the Brodie was designed for the purpose of protecting Soldiers from shrapnel fragments from above hence the brim and did very well at its intended job,why the shape remained the same throughout WW2 was a mystery as the type of warfare had changed since the mostly static trench warfare of WW1.

Hi Rich, No the Swede has no badge, and totally agree with your comments re: the Brodie, it always mystified me why the UK went from one badly designed lid to another e.g. the Turtle shaped monstrosity ..still it is part of our hertitage,it amazes me to think during WW2 our forefathers went to war with the MK 2...I would not be happy to wear one for paintball, let alone on the receiving end of MG42's etc:affraid:

James as ever loving your displays, I like what you have done with the Mk5.. a very Falklands looking set up.

And of course your Euro-clone collection is superb

Some questionable and equally subjective M1's I have sourced over the years..beware the repro's

here,s my latest stalhlhelm a bundeswehr m60 this is the 2nd pattern model with 6 external rivits the liner bears a striking resemblance to gary's austrian stalhlhelm 1

Very nice M60 James, your right the leather liner is very similar to the Austrian Stahlhelm 1.

There are a lot of similarities,but the BW did away with separate liner..a wise move!!!

Keep em' comin' Mate

my 1939 dated warden helmet

my rabintex composite lid fitted with israeli defence force cover

Nice cover,wouldnt mind one of those myself!!

hi gulf yes its a nice cover the reverse is desert tan ,its a bit neater looking than the idf clown hat

Yard sale find from Saturday
Brand new ACH , bought it for $35 USD

what a bargain parafal