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Summer 2022 Militaria Auction
Lot 356:
SS M40 Q64 Single Decal Helmet (Stahlhelm M40)
The M16 and M18 helmets remained in usage through-out the Weimar Reichswehr era and on into the early years of the Third Reich until the development of the smaller, lighter M35 style helmet in June 1935. In an effort to reduced construction time and labor costs minor modifications were introduced in March 1940 resulting in the M40 helmet.
Originally SS personnel didn’t utilized any helmet insignia until the first pattern runic SS helmet decals with silver runes on a black field were introduced on February 23rd 1934, but were only worn for a short time by SS-VT personnel.
On August 12th 1935 the black runic SS helmet decal on a silver shield shaped base and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield decal were both introduced for wear by all SS personnel. Regulations of March 21st 1940 dictated that the NSDAP party shield decal was to be removed from all helmets and further regulations of November 1ST 1943 abolished the SS runic decal and dictated that it was also to be removed from all helmets although the directives were not completely adhered to.
This is a example of a Waffen-SS M40 Q64 single decal helmet with factory applied ET Runes decal.
The exterior has paint in a dark green-gray shade that is particular to early SS M40 ET helmets.
All three liner retaining rivets intact.
Interior neck guard apron serial number stamped, "
1246 ?", and left side apron stamped, "
Q64", for F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen.
The helmet comes complete with a leather chinstrap with a pronged magnetic metal length adjustment buckle/clip and retaining studs
Size
64.
Original M31 dark leather liner (liner is dry).
Is lacking tie string intact.
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