"alanint" <Alanint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>Got it. Were there any older helmets that *did* have them struck
>>retroactively, though?
>Sure,
>Thousands of WW1 M1916 and M1918 helmets were recycled by the nazis.
No, I mean, of the M42s :) Of those previously manufactured, were there
any
that *did* have the decals struck after the order, or was it only new
manufacture? (although I will note the rest of what you stated)
>Look at almost any photo of the early nazi era and you will see the
>oversized helmets with the "horns" on each side. These mostly have SS
>decals on them. The nazis also had a reclamation program for helmets
>that had seen combat. Many were refinished and decals for another
>branch of service often applied. Helmets that did not meet combat spec.
>were often reissued to civil defense, fire brigades, youth movements
>and other civil authorities.
This reminds me. There was a firehelmet seen in a few episodes (such as
the
one where Carter comes as the local fire chief to investigate
Hochstetter's
improvised office in the cooler) -- legit and/or refurbished, replica, or
totally hooey? I don't have the episode number handy, though.
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