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Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.
Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.

Danish/Swedish m. 1937 combat helmet.  Very rare experimental helmet of 1946-49.

$ 36.96

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

This helmet was part of the Danish equipment trials of 1946-1949. However, the shell and leather liner is Swedish. The chinstrap is a Danish "improvement". In Sweden the model is known as the M/1937 helmet. 10.000 Swedish helmets were brought back with DANFORCE (The Danish exile army in Sweden, 1943-45) and was used for a couple of years by the Royal Guards. In 1946 the army decided it liked the Swedish design so much, that they ordered a local firm (Glud og Marstrand) to produce a copy - the elusive M/1946 helmet - and ordered the Army technical Corps to "upgrade" existing stockpiles of Swedish shells with webbing chinstraps and new liners (if necessary). The idea was that existing stockpiles of Swedish shells (this helmet) and the "new" M/1946 copies would be the new Danish combat helmet. But because US and British forces in Germany had huge stockpiles of old kit they wanted to peddle to the newly liberated countries, Denmark ended up with the British Mk.II and Mk.III helmets and finally the US M1 helmet instead. It was simply cheaper to repaint old US and UK lids.In short this helmet was one of the very few that was "changed" to the new standard, and one of only three know variants of the Danish M/1946 helmet. It is in other words a very used shell, with an interesting story. Made in Sweden for the armed forces, then used by DANFORCE soldiers during their training in Sweden. Shipped to Denmark with DANFORCE in May of 1945, then used between 1945-46 by the Royal Guards, then refurbished for the equipment trials of 1946-49, and then finally put into deep storage for the next 50+ years. See my other auctions for helmets and toy soldiers. Domestic sales only. I ship only to addresses in the Continental United States. I do not ship to APO, FPO, or PO box addresses.