German M35 (M40) Helmet Needs New Leather

[Aragorn243]

Picked up a fairly nice M40 helmet yesterday at an antique shop. Very little rust, just a couple of very light spots. Paint seems to be original on the outside and inside with the exception of the inside rim between the liner and the rim where silver paint was applied. No dents, no cracks, no decals.

Helmet is a Quist, Q68 over T3399 in rear. Rolled edge, pressed air vents. No visible dome stamp.

Liner is marked 68nA over 61 on one side and 1943 and what looks like InChburg 5.7m plus another word above that I can't make out.

The liner bands are in great shape, the felt is fine but the leather is gone other than little fragments between the two bands. The chin straps are also gone.

What I would like to do with this is replace the leather and put a new chin strap on it. What I can't find is how exactly to go about doing this. It looks like I could carefully remove the aluminum pins, pull the existing liner remains out and then install the new one without pulling the entire thing out running the risk of breaking the three main pins or something else in the process.

Any suggestions?

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