Helmets

Whitewashed German M42 helmet, from Latvia.

Red Army helmet
found in Kurland. It was found in clay in a trenchline.Cleaned with Oxalic acid.
A very nice relic I think,I just love the patina on it.

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Heavy battledamaged fragment of German helmet. Dug in trenchline in Kurland.

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A very rusted Red Army helmet found in Kurland, Latvia. A few small spots of original color only.

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German helmet with a ding on the side. Looks like a splinter and detonation damage. Found in clay in Kurland but when I cleaned it I saw that it had been in a fire..I wonder if someone threw it in a fire on purpose,if a fire broke out in the bunker or prehaps it was used flamethrower on it,,we`ll never know I guess.

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Fragment of Red Army helmet uncovered on a battlefield.

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Battledamaged and rusted piece of German helmet.Kurzeme.

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German SS-helmet found in SS-Regiment Niederlandes positions by Hiiemetsa,Vaivara ,Estonia.

German helmet,looks like Wehrmacht. Kurland.

..same helmet after oxalic acid bath..

A battledamaged German helmet shell from Latvia.

German helmet, heavily damaged. Stalingrad.

After cleaning it in oxalic acid some more paint show and there was rests of a decal under the rust.

M1916/18 Found in Latvia.