Very well, as they were water transfers I think they pretty much bond to the metal so can stay on there forever if kept well and as you can see here they survive really well on a lot of relics too
Excellent video, what a lovely pair of M35 relic helmets, I have had some relics but nothing as good as those, great to see the acceptance stamp has survived.
Amazing right…. I was shocked that was there along with the name. I have one more relic on the way a SD M40 Heer that’s a bit thin on the top from being in the ground but a nicely preserved decal. Not sure why they’d send all helmets separately they must have lost money on postage! I think the dome stamp helmet would have been green but it’s grey now / don’t think there were grey heer M35s… 80 years in a swamp…
Thanks Anthony. I have an M40 SD Luftwaffe named helmet coming later in the year from America, a relic M40 SD from Russia and a M35 original paint Heer helmet but without both decals being original (about £2000 cheaper that way lol) so more videos coming. I’ll also start collecting more of the smaller items too
@@LiamCWW2 brilliant,I wish was available when I was younger, working and single with plenty of money to spend, now I'm older, not working, and the woman's in control of purse strings, haha, yes mate, a brilliant collection.
@@anthonygallagher1397 Haha, you don't need to spend much to get some cool things. Documents, books, propaganda magazines, razors, cigarette tins etc. can all be had for £50 or way less depending on what it. Don't need a £4000 mint DD Heer Stalhelm to have some history :)
@@LiamCWW2 I'm not a collector mate, but have had a few German items in my younger days, where I wish I knew then what I know now, from a very young age I was interested in anything with a swastika, nothing to do with Nazi ideologies, just anything to do with German militaria, when I was between 10\12 year old we grew up next to the local municipal dump\landfill , that served the local towns in the early 70s, when people were throwing everything out, and moving out the dark and dingy days, of the 40\50\60s etc into the bright and coloured 70s, myself and my mates played, and raked through the stuff that the rubbish lorries were dumping all day long, we found guns, swords, bayonets, loads of medals, mostly British, we used to use the Italian, Burma, etc, campaign stars as kungfu stars to stick into trees etc, one of the mates found a wooden box with a German lugar, another found a big brass flare gun, loads of British helmets, uniforms,full kitbags which after emptying lots of them and finding nothing but uniforms, we soon didn't even bother looking in them , also loads of Canadian stuff, shoulder patches, berets etc, just a multitude of militaria, but the German stuff wasn't as plentiful, and the stuff I did find was mainly, like civilian,or party awards, the aluminium medals which I'm sure were long service medals, the brass crosses with swords, badges etc, even stamp collections were thrown out with full pages of Hitler stamps, and stuff from the British commonwealth militaria,I remember swapping my mate a commando knife, for a German picklehaube, but were just boy's and weren't really clued up with the value of anything, we found things, and threw them away when we found something better to amuse ourselves with,including the jewelry we found, rings, lighters, rings, etc, also gold and silver pocket watches, which the local scrap merchant paid £3 an ounce of gold and £1.50 an ounce of silver,so stupidly we were smashing out the workings, thinking that the scrap dealer would deduct the weight of anything left inside off the ounce of gold we were told an empty pocket watch case weighed, haha, probably well over an ounce, then the antiquities and curious, just too much to mention, but I remember in my late teens, when the only place to buy German militaria was the exchange and mart magazine where you could order stuff,I remember getting an iron cross first class for about £70, second class was £40, even the k98 bayonets £20\ £30, etc, but I was never a real collector, just liked certain things, and grew out of it over the decades, but I still have that bit in me for a German helmet, I had the picklehaube, but wasn't really attached to it,, later on someone gave me an M16 helmet shell which I had for years before giving it to someone, again it wasn't an m35\40\42 helmet so didn't really have the same pull as later helmets, the M42 being the pinnacle of the iconic design, like I said mate,I'm not a collector, more of a window shopper, and admirer of nice looking stuff, especially German 30\40s militaria and equipment , it never loses its attraction haha, good luck with your collecting and keep up the good work mate.
@@anthonygallagher1397 That sounds amazing, I'm sure there was so many people who had similar experiences when younger but no one knew the future value of what they had! just like all the nice cars like Alfa's etc. my dad had in the 70s and 80s etc... now all worth a lot! I'm a massive M35 helmet fan as they were made from the best material and have the rivets and double decals etc. Although I do really want an M42 sometime soon.. I think the SS helmets suit the M42 the most.
Nice pieces my friend. R u selling anything in this video. Or can you refer me to a site where they have the real deal for sale and they aren't trying to get rich on 1 piece. I am in rhode island. USA
All 3 from them yeah, around the $200-250 range for the M40 and more washed out M35, and $300+ for the nicer green double decal if I remember correctly.
Great collection
Nice,just shows how well fixed the decals are
Very well, as they were water transfers I think they pretty much bond to the metal so can stay on there forever if kept well and as you can see here they survive really well on a lot of relics too
Excellent video, what a lovely pair of M35 relic helmets, I have had some relics but nothing as good as those, great to see the acceptance stamp has survived.
Amazing right…. I was shocked that was there along with the name. I have one more relic on the way a SD M40 Heer that’s a bit thin on the top from being in the ground but a nicely preserved decal. Not sure why they’d send all helmets separately they must have lost money on postage!
I think the dome stamp helmet would have been green but it’s grey now / don’t think there were grey heer M35s… 80 years in a swamp…
Yeah the paint normally darkens overtime anyway and being in a swamp has changed the colour of the paint, still a very nice piece of history.
Awesome items all the best john
A good, interesting and informative wee video, you've got a good and varied collection mate.
Thanks Anthony. I have an M40 SD Luftwaffe named helmet coming later in the year from America, a relic M40 SD from Russia and a M35 original paint Heer helmet but without both decals being original (about £2000 cheaper that way lol) so more videos coming. I’ll also start collecting more of the smaller items too
@@LiamCWW2 brilliant,I wish was available when I was younger, working and single with plenty of money to spend, now I'm older, not working, and the woman's in control of purse strings, haha, yes mate, a brilliant collection.
@@anthonygallagher1397 Haha, you don't need to spend much to get some cool things. Documents, books, propaganda magazines, razors, cigarette tins etc. can all be had for £50 or way less depending on what it. Don't need a £4000 mint DD Heer Stalhelm to have some history :)
@@LiamCWW2 I'm not a collector mate, but have had a few German items in my younger days, where I wish I knew then what I know now, from a very young age I was interested in anything with a swastika, nothing to do with Nazi ideologies, just anything to do with German militaria, when I was between 10\12 year old we grew up next to the local municipal dump\landfill , that served the local towns in the early 70s, when people were throwing everything out, and moving out the dark and dingy days, of the 40\50\60s etc into the bright and coloured 70s, myself and my mates played, and raked through the stuff that the rubbish lorries were dumping all day long, we found guns, swords, bayonets, loads of medals, mostly British, we used to use the Italian, Burma, etc, campaign stars as kungfu stars to stick into trees etc, one of the mates found a wooden box with a German lugar, another found a big brass flare gun, loads of British helmets, uniforms,full kitbags which after emptying lots of them and finding nothing but uniforms, we soon didn't even bother looking in them , also loads of Canadian stuff, shoulder patches, berets etc, just a multitude of militaria, but the German stuff wasn't as plentiful, and the stuff I did find was mainly, like civilian,or party awards, the aluminium medals which I'm sure were long service medals, the brass crosses with swords, badges etc, even stamp collections were thrown out with full pages of Hitler stamps, and stuff from the British commonwealth militaria,I remember swapping my mate a commando knife, for a German picklehaube, but were just boy's and weren't really clued up with the value of anything, we found things, and threw them away when we found something better to amuse ourselves with,including the jewelry we found, rings, lighters, rings, etc, also gold and silver pocket watches, which the local scrap merchant paid £3 an ounce of gold and £1.50 an ounce of silver,so stupidly we were smashing out the workings, thinking that the scrap dealer would deduct the weight of anything left inside off the ounce of gold we were told an empty pocket watch case weighed, haha, probably well over an ounce, then the antiquities and curious, just too much to mention, but I remember in my late teens, when the only place to buy German militaria was the exchange and mart magazine where you could order stuff,I remember getting an iron cross first class for about £70, second class was £40, even the k98 bayonets £20\ £30, etc, but I was never a real collector, just liked certain things, and grew out of it over the decades, but I still have that bit in me for a German helmet, I had the picklehaube, but wasn't really attached to it,, later on someone gave me an M16 helmet shell which I had for years before giving it to someone, again it wasn't an m35\40\42 helmet so didn't really have the same pull as later helmets, the M42 being the pinnacle of the iconic design, like I said mate,I'm not a collector, more of a window shopper, and admirer of nice looking stuff, especially German 30\40s militaria and equipment , it never loses its attraction haha, good luck with your collecting and keep up the good work mate.
@@anthonygallagher1397 That sounds amazing, I'm sure there was so many people who had similar experiences when younger but no one knew the future value of what they had! just like all the nice cars like Alfa's etc. my dad had in the 70s and 80s etc... now all worth a lot! I'm a massive M35 helmet fan as they were made from the best material and have the rivets and double decals etc. Although I do really want an M42 sometime soon.. I think the SS helmets suit the M42 the most.
Nice pieces my friend. R u selling anything in this video. Or can you refer me to a site where they have the real deal for sale and they aren't trying to get rich on 1 piece. I am in rhode island. USA
were those bought from Stalingradfront? About how much did you pay for them?
All 3 from them yeah, around the $200-250 range for the M40 and more washed out M35, and $300+ for the nicer green double decal if I remember correctly.
Sorry, only two in this video - I have an M40 relic with single decal but haven't posted a video about it yet
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Thanks a lot! :)