Original German WWII M35 Heer Double Decal Helmet EF62
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Product Code: ORM35HDD6
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Original German WWII M35 Heer Double Decal Helmet EF62
This is an original and untouched German WWII M35 Heer Double Decal Combat Helmet, produced by Emaillierwerke Fulda (EF) and sized EF62 with a correct size 55 liner. It remains in true service worn condition and retains its original factory applied finish and components.
Exterior & Paint
The shell retains its dark apple green factory paint, a finish characteristic of early M35 production. The paint shows honest combat wear, surface scratches, and scattered spots of age patina, all consistent with long-term field use and storage. The finish remains largely intact and displays the classic smooth early texture.
Decals – Heer & National Colors
This helmet preserves both of its original early-war decals:
Heer Eagle Decal – approx. 85% intact. The eagle is the early “grey-lined” Heer decal, one of the earliest Heer patterns ever identified, but maker is unknown. It is a distinctive variant most commonly encountered on transitional helmets and is one of the few non–factory-specific decals found on 1935–36 dated M35s, but this helmet is dated 1938. The decal shows wear, scratches, and age-toning but remains clearly visible with strong shape and detail.
National Colors Decal – approx. 50% intact. The tricolor shield displays significant service wear and abrasions but is still identifiable. This type of wear is typical for combat-used double decal helmets, as many were field-abused or later intentionally scrubbed by soldiers.
Chinstrap & Liner
The helmet is complete with its original wartime components:
Black leather chinstrap, period wartime production, is not marked, still supple and showing surface wear, dryness, and cracking appropriate for its age. Brown leather M31 liner, fully original to the helmet, showing field wear but still supple with no major damage. The liner band is original aluminum reinforced construction and dated 1938. The liner leather finger is size stamped “55”, correct liner for the shell size. Original drawstring remains in place, an increasingly uncommon survival on early helmets.
Condition
This example shows honest combat wear throughout: scratches, scuffs, decal abrasion, and small areas of age oxidationbut no postwar tampering, over cleaning, or restoration. The helmet remains a complete, untouched, and highly desirable early war double decal Heer M35 with scarce early “grey lined” eagle decals.
A solid, textbook example of an early EF produced M35 Double Decal Heer helmet, becoming increasingly difficult to find in this original condition.
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