Reply With QuoteVery nice thread people. Thought I'd share some pics of my own collection with all of you.
The SS man with the Ukrainian girls in national clothes.
Very nice thread people. Thought I'd share some pics of my own collection with all of you.
Originally Posted by Stukka 44
Very nice thread people. Thought I'd share some pics of my own collection with all of you.
Old fashion...
It's M18 or M16???
That looks more like NSKK than SS to me...
I see the Leader... He's SS man... Yes?
He's looks like HH...
Last edited by Bachelor; 12-22-2008 at 06:43 AM.
It's an M16. I am not quite sure which SS troops used these exactly and had a lott of discussions about it with fellow militaria-collectors. I've read and heard about several uses for this type of helmet: combat helmet for SD, parade helmet for SS-VT, pre-war austrian SS helmet...but untill this day I haven't been 100% sure who in the SS organisation used this type of helmet. It used to have a NS-party decal on it as well, but it was removed by a previous owner, you can still see the outline of the decal. Also the decals were applied reversed but I don't know the purpose of this.
The other one is your typical M42 single decal SS combat helmet
On the photo two different models of SS helmet.It's an M16.
"Dirlewanger"
This is a pretty well known picture. The 2 on the right are wearing the M1934 medium duty helmet while the guy on the left is wearing a World War 1 M1918 helmet. The use of the M1918 probably had something to do with supply shortages or maybe he's just wearing it because it provides better protection than the medium duty M1934, at least that's what I've read about this picture if I remember correctly.On the photo two different models of SS helmet.
I have a question
Why do some of these SS / Waffen-SS men don't have the SS runes on their right collar patches?
In some countries owners of pictures with SS symbols have criminal prosecution. And these owners paint over SS symbols on photos, pic or some..... We see that on last photo. The owner has shaded SS on photo.
In fact..., in Russia it is forbidden image SS on public. This penal (but sometime).
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