GERMAN M35 CONDOR LEGION HELMET

Rare Legion Condor German M35. Finished in a smooth brown paint to the shell with a tropical tan paint to the inside of the apron. This is very often the case with LC helmets and I have enclosed pics of other examples with this. Original Luftwaffe blue to the rest of the inside.
All original with near absence of markings as is the norm with helmets made for export. Early single banded aluminium liner band. Full length chin strap with aluminium buckle.
Ink soldier applied markings to the inside ( see pics ), one of which looks like Pz. Panzer ?
I am including a Spanish eagle helmet badge which did not come with the helmet but is an original wartime piece.
Great condition and not to be confused with the later Spanish made Elmetto.

When the M1935 combat helmet went into production in 1935, units of the German Army (Heer) and Air Force (Luftwaffe) eagerly awaited the finished product. Much to their dissatisfaction, the first shipment of completed helmets did not reach their units until 1936. This delay, in part, was due to a number of large foreign orders that took precedence over the requests of the German Armed Services (Wehrmacht). It is important to note that German firms produced the M1935 helmet for foreign export prior to World War II. The largest of these shipments were sent to the Chinese and Spanish governments. While virtually identical to the German issued M1935, most of the exported helmets did not have the same type of liner systems found in Wehrmacht issued helmets. In addition, the majority of foreign export models were not stamped with production code numbers and maker's marks like those found on original wartime era German combat helmets.


There was no standard colour brown used and it is possible the repaints were actually done in the field.
When the German Condor Legion arrived in Spain , they had unilaterally painted their Luftwaffe-blue helmets brown.

Code: 54243