Bavarian Stahlhelm

[SCHUPO]

Gents,

I just picked up a nice example of the postwar Bavarian barracked police steel helmet that I thought I would show. My new steel helmet came in the mail yesterday so I suppose it meets the requirement of a "latest find" and it is a German helmet.

This is the Bavarian steel helmet worn after 1967 with this particular police star decal on the left side of the green painted helmet. Earlier Bavarian helmets worn prior to 1967 (from 27 October 1950) had a different shield without the police star. The decal on my helmet is a large colored metallic star with the Bavarian shield in the center. These postwar police helmets can be seen in Ludwig Baer, "The History of the German Steel Helmet 1916-1945", pp 274-308. Similar steel helmets with state or city police decals were worn by barracked police forces such as BGS, Baden-Wurttemberg, Bremen, and Hamburg.

Notice the liner and chinstrap and the "LS" maker marking in the metal shell. Who made my helmet?

 

[John Josef]

My guess to the Helmet manufacture is Linnemann & Schnetzer which also manufactured helmets for the BGS. Hope this helps

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very cool, never seen that one before!

James

 

[kaiser]

Never seen one like this,thanks for sharing this one

Jonas

 

[Kaiser Wilhelm II]

An interesting piece, very cool.

 

[Peter B]

Gents,

I just picked up a nice example of the postwar Bavarian barracked police steel helmet that I thought I would show. My new steel helmet came in the mail yesterday so I suppose it meets the requirement of a "latest find" and it is a German helmet.

This is the Bavarian steel helmet worn after 1967 with this particular police star decal on the left side of the green painted helmet. Earlier Bavarian helmets worn prior to 1967 (from 27 October 1950) had a different shield without the police star. The decal on my helmet is a large colored metallic star with the Bavarian shield in the center. These postwar police helmets can be seen in Ludwig Baer, "The History of the German Steel Helmet 1916-1945", pp 274-308. Similar steel helmets with state or city police decals were worn by barracked police forces such as BGS, Baden-Wurttemberg, Bremen, and Hamburg.

Notice the liner and chinstrap and the "LS" maker marking in the metal shell. Who made my helmet?

Someone is selling this one in Canada on Kijiji. Kind of like Craig's List. Don't know if he ships etc. But interesting to look at none the less.

Peter

GERMAN POST WAR HAMBURGH POLICE HELMET | Art et objets de collection | Ouest de l’Île | Kijiji

GERMAN POST WAR HAMBURGH POLICE HELMET Q64 by F.W. Quist, G.m.b.H. Esslingen, size 64 These were seldom worn, mainly for special occasions till around 1990. The police uniforms and headdress have been dramaticly changed in recent years and are more reminiscent of the U.S. police style. Such...

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[SCHUPO]

My guess to the Helmet manufacture is Linnemann & Schnetzer which also manufactured helmets for the BGS. Hope this helps

Many thanks for the steel shell maker information. Your maker suggestion was just confirmed to me by another collector as, "LS stands for Linnemann & Schnetzer".

Peter, thanks for the info on the Hamburg steel helmet. I already have one or I would pounce on it.

George

 

[John Josef]

Many thanks for the steel shell maker information. Your maker suggestion was just confirmed to me by another collector as, "LS stands for Linnemann & Schnetzer".



George

Your very welcome very happy to share some of my useless knowledge and also glad another collector could verify my opinion.

As they say trust but verify