Repro German Paratrooper helmet

[GeeRam]

We have a genuine German Para Helmet in the museum from the Battle for Crete valued at £40,000 with full provenance FYI

When I was involved with 1st AB Recce Living History Group 25 odd years ago, a couple of the guys (incl one of the leading members who was ex-Para Regt) also did Fallschirmjager as well, and they had a WW2 Fallschrimjager veteran, that used to help them with getting stuff right and correct. He'd been in Crete and fought at Monte Cassino before being taken POW and sent to a POW camp in UK. He never went back to Germany and stayed in the UK and married an English girl. Clearly a tough man, even when he was in his late 70's, but was always humbling to see him having a laugh and a beer with ex-1st AB Recce vets as members of the airborne brotherhood.

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[Flying10uk]

Here are my 2 repro WW2 German para helmets which I purchased 2nd hand off eBay but they were in new condition. They are both basically the same repro helmet by the look of it but one of the previous owners decided to give one the "cammo-look". I haven't done anything to them apart from varnish the decals on the grey example. I am very pleased with these repro helmets for what they are, the price and when this is compared to the asking price of an original.

[GeeRam]

Here are my 2 repro WW2 German para helmets which I purchased 2nd hand off eBay but they were in new condition. They are both basically the same repro helmet by the look of it but one of the previous owners decided to give one the "cammo-look".

That tri-colour camo scheme was commonly used by the FJ in the Normandy campaign, the camo colours being copied from the scheme used on German vehicles and armour at the time.