N32655 NSKK CRASH HELMET. (Sturzhelm)

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Molded, smooth, blackened leather helmet with raised, padded, protective bars running horizontally around the helmets bottom edge, and another one running from front to back over the crown top. Helmet has a single ventilation hole to each side of crown. Front center of helmet has a large stamped aluminum, 3rd pattern NSKK pattern stylized national eagle (adopted in 1939 with the scripted banner), clutching a wreath encompassed, black painted, embossed, canted swastika. Eagle is mounted on the vertical, raised padded bar and has had its wings bent back to fit the contours of the helmet. Helmet has a short blackened leather visor stitched to front and stitched on, extended, blackened, grained, leather, protective side and rear panels. Side panels each have a vertical half-moon shaped, ear cut-out with stitched on closure flaps. Reverse edges of closure flaps remain opened. Flaps were designed to protect the ears while still allowing for hearing. Side panels also have extended straps to bottoms which act as the chinstrap. Interior of helmet has a tan leather, nine finger liner which shows minor chafe wear and usage darkening to edges. Liner is fully intact with all fingers and original tie string and leather is still fairly supple. Liner is size ink stamped, "58". Also present is a very nice ink stamping for NSKK gruppe Thier. Original size adjustment string is still present. Unfortunately the helmet looks to have been stored in poor conditions. The left side fold-down flap is completely missing and the rear apron is pretty much torn through, just being held in place by remnants of the original leather on either side. There is a hole punch though the front center of the visor, however I feel that this was probably period done to hang the helmet on some sort of a rack. Despite the damaged neck flap components, when the they folded up the helmet displays just fine. Priced right and would fill a gap until a better condition example can be found.

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