OK, does anyone know the nationality for this helmet? Was a gift from one of my brothers. He picked it up from an antique store. Thanks in advance for any help

The Lion Rampant looks British. Possibly the British POW Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII?????


Jason

Uh, I'd have to say that's unlikely - the Britisches Freikorps apparently never reached even platoon strength, and would have been improbable for such a small unit to have received regalia like this, especially considering the German armed forces had abandoned helmet transfers by the time the BFK was formed.

I think this might be Finnish or Norwegian..?

acav out

Not Finnish- it wouldn't have a Crown on top as there is no Finnish Royalty also the tail of the Finnish Lion is different
Norwegian

Yup, definiely Norwegian: Wikipedia.

Cheers!
Stefan

Hey great work Pat , Stefan. Thanks also Jason and ACAV. Now if its Norwegian is it from WWII or did Norway utilize this type of helmet after? I am just trying to get close to the truth on its history if someone asks as it sits in my living room. To all of you

Could easily be after the war. I know that Denmark used a lot of German helmets in their fire brigades for quite a few years.

John

A Google Search for Norwegian helmets works wonders! You caught my attention with this it seems... The helmet was apparently issued in limited numbers in the 1930ies and some were reissued "after the War" (I suppose that is WWII). Check out this link.

Cheers!
Stefan

Hi Tim, Nice helmet. Here is a link to a German Helmet web site that is loaded w/ info. I think they will do an evaluation of your helmet if you send them a photo...HTH,Vince http://www.german-helmets.com/

Stefan and Vince thank you both very much. Both sites are a big help. I do agree sometimes a simple inquiry on the net gets a lot, other times a big fat zero. I apologize for not exhausting my search but there are quite a few very knowledgeable people that frequent this site and I thought I would ask. Thanks again

Do they all come with a 30 cal bullet hole or is that optional??? ...Al

Considering it's not an M35 Stahlhelm but a M40 its Nowegian use is postwar.

I seriously doubt in the middle of the war fighting Germany one would wear such a universally associated bit of headgear that could get you shot.


the .30 caliber hole is the missing rivet that holds the liner, one of three.

OK, got it on the bullet hole....my.... ...turned to .. .............Al

A nice example of a reissued M42. Repainted and decaled by Norwegian army. Up to the 60`s it was used loads of german infantry equipment in Norway,all from camo smocks to infantry weapons:)

Thanks guys for all the info. I sent the pictures off to the linked website from above for an eval. I was just interested to know if the helmet may have seen service during WWII perhaps after Norway was involved. But it appears that perhaps it is just a postwar model.

Hi Tim, Even though it is post war, its still a nice helmet. You could always pick up a replica camo cover for it and no one would know the difference...Happy Moselling....Vince