Feel almost embarassed to show my lids given the collections here...

glennsche

glennsche

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...but here goes anyway! :)

Top Row: Swiss Tschakos, ww1ish... From Left to Right, Kanton Zurich, Fusilier; Federal Fortress Troops, Machine gunner; Kanton Ticino, Artillery; Federal Fortress Troops, Pionier; Kanton Schaffhausen, Fusilier; Kanton Uri Fusilier

Second Row:
a sorta bad 1915 prussia arty, a nice pre war bavarian reserve, 1915 Prussia JzP, Pre-war Preussen Jaeger, Prewar Presusen Uhlan (w repro schnurr), 1915 Baden Infantry.

Third Row from left to right: ze Germans
m1916, double decal perfectly clean m35, m42 w wrong liner, DDR, Bundeswehr US style stahlhelm, modern Berliner Republik Kevlar

4th Row: les Francais (and one Tommy)
original 1915 3 piece eggshell with repro liner, tortoise shell brit helmet with 1944 bandage in the netting, Anti Aircraft Artillery adrian with Army badge (presumably embedded with an army unit), Mexican Cavalry m26, armor crew adrian, and finally the Jean D'arc m1945.

5th Row is various of dubious collector value but fun for nostalgia:
US vehicle driver helmet from vietnam era (very first helmet i bought from a military surp store on PCH in Huntingon Beach CA in 1996)
Swiss Infantry helmet, given to me by a late swiss friend when he came to visit
Dutch m34
Spanish used Soviet SSh36 (bought in spain; "restored" but wth, i wanted the type)
Danish m23 "restored", bought in the late 90s from US Cavalry mail order. Remember when mail order was a thing?
US Kevlar from a buddy who was in iraq

last 2: swede pickelhaube and Stadtfeuerwehr der Stadt Luzern, Switzerland, bought at a flea market in Lucerne along the Reuss in 1998 for 50CHF.

the book case i had custom built using the website form.bar

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A nice collection! I see you have one of the post-war (1950's) French 'experimental' helmets, made for the infantry (?) but often thought to be a tanker helmet.
 
poniatowski said:
A nice collection! I see you have one of the post-war (1950's) French 'experimental' helmets, made for the infantry (?) but often thought to be a tanker helmet.
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the blue on on the far right? those were made for the airforce and army, according to here: https://www.world-war-helmets.com/fiche/Casque-Francais-Mle-45

i really like the variants the French made to the adrians for vehicle crews and gunners, there are a number of them out there, and rather difficult to find. was super happy to get them one after the other in about 2015, but i'd love to find some of the variants from the 20s for armor crews, they seem kind of fancy with the badge AND comb
 
glennsche said:
...but here goes anyway! :)

Top Row: Swiss Tschakos, ww1ish... From Left to Right, Kanton Zurich, Fusilier; Federal Fortress Troops, Machine gunner; Kanton Ticino, Artillery; Federal Fortress Troops, Pionier; Kanton Schaffhausen, Fusilier; Kanton Uri Fusilier

Second Row:
a sorta bad 1915 prussia arty, a nice pre war bavarian reserve, 1915 Prussia JzP, Pre-war Preussen Jaeger, Prewar Presusen Uhlan (w repro schnurr), 1915 Baden Infantry.

Third Row from left to right: ze Germans
m1916, double decal perfectly clean m35, m42 w wrong liner, DDR, Bundeswehr US style stahlhelm, modern Berliner Republik Kevlar

4th Row: les Francais (and one Tommy)
original 1915 3 piece eggshell with repro liner, tortoise shell brit helmet with 1944 bandage in the netting, Anti Aircraft Artillery adrian with Army badge (presumably embedded with an army unit), Mexican Cavalry m26, armor crew adrian, and finally the Jean D'arc m1945.

5th Row is various of dubious collector value but fun for nostalgia:
US vehicle driver helmet from vietnam era (very first helmet i bought from a military surp store on PCH in Huntingon Beach CA in 1996)
Swiss Infantry helmet, given to me by a late swiss friend when he came to visit
Dutch m34
Spanish used Soviet SSh36 (bought in spain; "restored" but wth, i wanted the type)
Danish m23 "restored", bought in the late 90s from US Cavalry mail order. Remember when mail order was a thing?
US Kevlar from a buddy who was in iraq

last 2: swede pickelhaube and Stadtfeuerwehr der Stadt Luzern, Switzerland, bought at a flea market in Lucerne along the Reuss in 1998 for 50CHF.

the book case i had custom built using the website form.bar

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Nice collection 👌
 
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