WW1 German steel Helmet paint job .

[Hoffman Grink]

Really? Shame it's not complete....... Interesting colour scheme.

[Peiper]

Really? Shame it's not complete....... Interesting colour scheme.

Cheers kamerad

It is a shame its not complete, it is just the 1916 shell (boo-hoo ).

Pipes

[Chorlitz|12.SS|]

Peiper do you have a sandbag wall in your house?

[Peiper]

Peiper do you have a sandbag wall in your house?

Heh heh that would be a good idea

To stop the constant barrage of back stabbers lol

(present company not included lol)

[Hoffman Grink]

They would probably be the wrong type, colour, texture and weave of sandbag....

Oh yeah - and they'd probably have the wrong type of sand in them........



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And they would be stacked wrong.....

[Peiper]

LMAO

[Hoffman Grink]

Well from what I've been reading recently - someone would find some fault with your sandbags.....

oooer missus!

[Franz repper]

Well from what I've been reading recently - someone would find some fault with your sandbags

WWeeeeeeeeelllllllll they are in the NATO standard size with it looks to be 1 mm weave so that would make them post war UK type

[Brigardefuhrer]

Really? Shame it's not complete....... Interesting colour scheme.

Cheers kamerad

It is a shame its not complete, it is just the 1916 shell (boo-hoo ).

Pipes

Hi Peiper.
I was looking in my ref; books and it was not usual to have insignia on helmets in WW1,but the skull&cross bones badge was used by freikorps units later on,could it be from one these units?,I assume the Nr3 was the company number.Anyway a nice and interesting piece.

[Hoffman Grink]

Kamerad Brigadefuhrer - this was what I was subtly driving at - I too have a nice and interior complete (although damaged) Apfelgrun M16 Stalhelm which has large Hakenkreuzen scratched on to either side - The belief being it was used as a Friekorps helmet during the "transitional period".
Mine has the white pigskin liner tongues and one still has the original horsehair padding inside. I find the colours on Herr Peiper's helmet very strange as I have not seen blues and greys used before. The totenkopf motif on the side as opposed to the front is VERY unusual.

Herr Peiper - where did you obtain this interesting item? and do you have any provenance with it?

[Franz repper]

There is one freikorps that did have that emblem but I just cant find what one not shure if Dirlewanger was in it

[Brigardefuhrer]

In my book,Freikorps Hacketau used this emblem,but it is painted on the front,very large for all to see.On peipers example,am I right there is a 'W' under the deathshead,which I would assume would be the Kaiser?.The 1st Footguards reg;and the 1st guards signal battallion(Gardekorps)used a Hohenzollern crest,a shield divided into four quadrants white/black over black/white in WW1.Other than that the deaths head is associated with cavalry or Hussars.