Unbelievable US para helmet 46,000 Euro

Hello guy's, hello Skipper

would you believe it, found this on the Herman Historica Site

A US para helmet went of for 46.000 Euro's

Los Nr.8324
Casque parachutiste de la 101ème Airborne,
identifié par un as de coeur du 502 PIR, peinture et les deux insignes présents à 50 %, attaches de jugulaires en forme de demi-lune soudées d'origine, jugulaire de casque M1 présente. On y joint un sous-casque deuxième modèle avec mentonnière cuir, attache petit modèle. Cette unité légendaire fût à la pointe du parachutage qui débuta sur la Normandie le 6 juin 1944 et notamment à Sainte-Mère l'Eglise. Ce casque a été récupéré à Sainte-Mère l'Eglise dans les années 60.
Zustand: III
Limit: 3500 EURO

46000 EURO ​

The German para helmet brought in "only" 15.500 Euro!!!

Hermann Historica - Internationales Auktionshaus für Antiken, Alte Waffen, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Historische Sammlungsstücke
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Regards
Kruska

 

Thats a crazy price. I wonder what IDIOT paid that much for it?

 

Was there gold in it or something? The seller found it on a church steeple? I am thinking that Normandy would be lousy with allied airborne helmets.

 

Hey..ahm..any of you Yanks got a para helmet you might not like?

Regards
Kruska

 

I used to have one as well as a WWII British para lid. However, I gave both away about 10 or so years ago

 

where was location of steeple brad, and any story related to the helmet? to warrant auction price.. ray..

 

Sarcasm...bud

 

I don't have the web site offhand, but there is an outfit that takes any era M-1 helmet (WWII through Vietnam) and paints and ages them with various WWII unit insignia, from Paratroopers to Medics, to infantry division, Ranger, you name it. Not only is the painting spot on, but he ages the helmet to make it look like it went to Hell and back. Depending on the unit, a helmet averaged about $75.00 USD. To the untrained eye, some crook could pass one of these off as an original. I bet its been tried.

Greg C.

 

this is it.. Hermann Historica - Internationales Auktionshaus für Antiken, Alte Waffen, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Historische Sammlungsstücke

 

you can add 26% fees to this price...... The reason it is so rare is that is one of the few still existing from the Saint Mere l'Eglise landing of June 5th 1944. on the same sale they had Lee Enfields rifles that were not bought for 200 euros.... whe reis the logic?
What I find dramatic about this is that another of our fine museums is scattered around and sold to investors and this heritage will probably not be displayed publicly again for a long time.

 

private buy! that about sums it up skipper...

 

The worse is that some of their mannequins are repros or partly repro , mentionned as such and still bought way above the market price by some people who have more money than brains. Others were not sold, whereas for 300 you would have gotten a complete mannequin with genuine gear but not "looking as good"...

 

some people buy at any cost skipper, that keeps the real enthusiast in his place, as most will bid to a realistic value..

 

hello everybody

just read your posts about this helmet sold at crazy price by hermann Historica , nice story , just want to show you my helmet , ok poor condition but really found by myself in st Mere Eglise , this shell was used by a farmer to ... clean his Toilets ( Fosse sceptique).. and is absolutely original , and this is not another wonderful story.
best regards
marc from Luxembourg

 

Hi Marc, do you have a pic of it?

Also, Hermann Historica is notoriously WAY too high. those who buy from them have tio have some pretty deep pockets ;-0)

 

I know that Europe and America use commas differntly when it comes to money.

Do you mean 46 Euros or 46 thousand Euros?

 

46 thousand euros + 26% auction fees.