ID´d: German Army M40 single decal helmet

[JoefromNewMexico]

Hello friends!

 

This is my first post on here. I had initially posted this on the US Militaria Forum, but realized the World Forum is a much more suitable place! I recently got this at an old antique shop here in northeastern New Mexican that hadn't been open for business in 20 years. It's marked "ET68" and "4865." From what I can look up, those seem to be model and batch numbers. It's signed by "Weinreich." I don't know much about these things' history. What's the story behind this thing? Does it have any monetary value? Is there any way of finding out who Weinreich was? 

 

Thanks!

[Gunner87]

16 minutes ago, JoefromNewMexico said:

Hello friends!

 

This is my first post on here. I had initially posted this on the US Militaria Forum, but realized the World Forum is a much more suitable place! I recently got this at an old antique shop here in northeastern New Mexican that hadn't been open for business in 20 years. It's marked "ET68" and "4865." From what I can look up, those seem to be model and batch numbers. It's signed by "Weinreich." I don't know much about these things' history. What's the story behind this thing? Does it have any monetary value? Is there any way of finding out who Weinreich was? 

 

Thanks!

 

Welcome to the forum JoefromNewMexico.

 

I'm sure one of our German uniform experts will advise you. I have tagged three in case the post drops down and not seen.

 

Best regards

 

Gunner....

 

@patches

@Proud Kraut

@SARGE

[Preppy Picker]

You have a German Army M40 single decal helmet. How many of the rivets are missing, at least one that I can see.  With the liner and chinstrap condition I would say $500.

 

There was probably more than one Weinreich in the German army so it will be very hard to solve that problem.

[Gunner87]

4 hours ago, JoefromNewMexico said:

It's marked "ET68" and "4865."

 

Hello.

 

'ET' is the manufacturer being the 'Eisenhutten plant in Thalesize', '68' is the size and '4865' is the 'Lot Number' which represents the production run of the helmet.

 

This link will take you to a useful website http://www.worldwartwohelmets.com/german.html

 

Also this is a database of German hemet 'Lot Numbers' which maybe of use  https://germanhelmetvault.com/lot-numbers-database/

 

Regards

 

Gunner...

[Mr.Jerry]

Welcome!

Nice amount of decal remaining that is a plus. some would replace the liner, but I prefer to just leave things "as found".

[Proud Kraut]

I don´t know if it is possible to find out more about the soldier without knowing more than the last name. Today about 4000 people in Germany have the same last name.