New Made Item: These are so authentic people will think they are genuine WW2. No two are the same! Simply put this is the very best reproduction M1935 helmet available anywhere. It is an IMA exclusive and has been in development for over a year. It was copied exactly from an original in the IMA collection. But let us explain precisely why it is the very best:
Every helmet has been hand painted and aged, so none will be the same. We have also aged and darkened the leather liner to give it a one-of-a-kind personalization as if it was picked up after a battle put away in a safe place and rediscovered 70 years later.
1st SS Panzer Korp
This helmet is common to the 1st SS Panzer Korp in Normandy in 1944. This Korp was made up of the 1stSSLAH, 12thSS, and 17thSS Divisions. The Korp saw action at Caan and at the battle of Villers-Bocage. After re-fit it played a leading role in the Ardennes Battle of the Bulge. It ended the war fighting in Vienna and finally Hungary.
This helmet shell is constructed of 1.8mm thick steel, exactly the same thickness used by the Germans in WWII. This means our helmet is as heavy and as solid as an original. The shell is large (size 68) and has the correct classic M1935 rolled edge as well as proper hollow rivet ventilation holes. For added authenticity we stamped the code 1575 at nape and ET68 over ear.
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