Name: M35 HELMET
SKU: RA-21120
Price: 1275.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Grey camouflaged M35 “battle helmet”. Totally un-touched GI bring back helmet.

The Stahlhelm Modell 1935 (M35) was the standard German steel helmet from its official acceptance in June 1935. It replaced the reissued M16, M17 and M18 helmets of the First World War. It followed the earlier shape but had a smaller visor and neck skirt, and it dropped the side lugs that had carried an extra armour plate. The shell was pressed from molybdenum-alloy steel. Each side had a small ventilation opening formed by a separate hollow rivet bushing. Inside, it used the M31 leather liner, which had eight fingers and was carried on a light-metal band. Three rivets held the liner in place. The M35 was issued to the Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, SS and police. Collectors tell it apart from the later M40 and M42 by its rolled edge and inserted vent bushings. The M40 has vents stamped into the shell, and the M42 has an unrolled edge. Early helmets carried two decals, a branch emblem on the left and a national-colour shield on the right. The shield was ordered removed in 1940, and the remaining emblem in 1943. Many helmets were repainted in textured field grey. Shell size and maker codes are stamped inside the skirt, and a lot number is stamped at the rear.

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