My collection

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Waffen SS relic collection update:

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Detail of ID disc:

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Better shot of this battle damaged M42 helmet:











Because of the area where it was found (Denjansk) and because of the remanents of black outline around the silvery surface of the decal and the little black there is leftwithin located with what seems to be the left over of the right rune I believe this lid to be an inverse decal SS Helmet:

[TrondK]

You have a very beautiful collection, thanks for sharing.

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by Spanish Freiwillige

A better shot of my SS M40 relic:



This helmet was found in the summer of 2003 in the Totenkopf positions north of the town of Demjansk. The Helmet is in ground dug condition and was found under less than two meters of earth, in a destroyed German bunker, so helmet has an advanced state of corrosion. Part of the helmet dome is gone; visor and rim are extremely corroded and chipped. The rune decal is visible and to my eyes is an ET, with traces of helmet’s paint around decal and on helmet's front. This Relic has no markings or traces of them left due to condition; also the helmet doesn’t have a liner or a liner band.

Yet i really love this piece....................

Some better shots:

[spin9977]

Originally Posted by Spanish Freiwillige

A better shot of my SS M40 relic:



This helmet was found in the summer of 2003 in the Totenkopf positions north of the town of Demjansk. The Helmet is in ground dug condition and was found under less than two meters of earth, in a destroyed German bunker, so helmet has an advanced state of corrosion. Part of the helmet dome is gone; visor and rim are extremely corroded and chipped. The rune decal is visible and to my eyes is an ET, with traces of helmet’s paint around decal and on helmet's front. This Relic has no markings or traces of them left due to condition; also the helmet doesn’t have a liner or a liner band.

Yet i really love this piece....................

This helmet has fount close to village Novoselskiy, yes Demjansk pocket.
but here located Danmark division. I 've sold as I remmeber Estonian dealers.

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by spin9977

This helmet has fount close to village Novoselskiy, yes Demjansk pocket.
but here located Danmark division. I 've sold as I remmeber Estonian dealers.

That is correcto, bought from Dimas (Espenlaub). I´ll amend my files, then the TK one is the M42 !!

Thanks for the correction Spin!!!!!

Any other info or anecdote you can share about the finding of the lid?? Were there any other items found together with it??

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Nothing very special, but this was my first relic helmet, my Father went to Greece in 2003 and I told him that if he found one to bring me another German helmet for my collection.

Up to that point i only collected lids in good condition......

When he brought this helmet, Man!! I was hooked, the condition of it fascinated me and more over that it was dug up from a battlefield. I started researching about relic lids and well the rest is history……

I am now a relic fan!!

[acemaiden]

Originally Posted by Spanish Freiwillige

Some better shots:

Guau!! amazing helmet!!

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Enough relics i tried to take a photo of my M34 Reissues, yet the light is really bad as its raining...

Not the best photos, but something is something........

M35 KM DD reissue
M35 LW DD Tunis captured reissue
M35 SS DD Reissue
M35 Heer SD Reissue






Come to think of it without wanting it most of my lids are M35´s................

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Here is an item I wanted to get for a very long time!!!

A Blue Division Id Tag, this one belongs to a member of the 10th company 3rd battalion of regiment 262, 250th division. It was found at Spaskaya





Area of finding:

[borodinenko]

wow stunning, a very rare piece i think,

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by borodinenko

wow stunning, a very rare piece i think,

it took time to find but it finnally came to the collection!!!

[besslein]

nice tag,funny but we have found some of them in Poland years ago.

[Spanish Freiwillige]

Originally Posted by besslein

nice tag,funny but we have found some of them in Poland years ago.

Dear Besslein, it is very possible as the Blue division crossed poland on a long march to the front and got rid of some of their equipment maybe even some dog tags to make the march more comfortable and less load, if they were like mine that might be the case as these were the type used by the first contingent of men