Stealhelmet KM (M35)
In camouflage sand/green. Size 55. Text inside ?Unterseebootsflottile Salzwedel? Serial No Q62. Also marked DN in the neck inside. The right side has the tri-coulor decal in black, white and red. Which retained for about 80%. The eagle on the left side is still there but the camo have some impact on the decal The interior of the helmet has a light tan leather and still in good shape. Helmets from KM are almost more rare then SS helmets. Nice item. Note: There were 5 main supplier for helmets during the period from 1939 to 1944 who together produce around 20 millions of helmets. ET Eisenhüttewerke/Thale (the biggest one) FS Emaillierwerke/Fulda NS Vereinigte Deutche Nikelwerke / Location unknown Q Quist/Stuttgart SE Sächsische Emaillier und Stanzwerke/Lauter (Tjeck border) Manufacturers started marking their helmets with initials early in 1935. In some case Quist also marked their helmets with a “DN reffered to a patent identification number. (like this) The decals on the side/sides was produced by several producers and a lot of similair variants exists. KM insignia was produce in water/lacquer based applications. There also exist helmets without any kind of marking