Luftschutz M35 Beaded Helmet – Q64

Product Description: A well-presented example of the Luftschutz M35 Beaded Helmet – Q64, manufactured by Quist and stamped Q64, with lot number IN179. This civil defense helmet retains much of its original dark blue paint, though areas of paint loss and surface corrosion are present, consistent with age and use. The Luftschutz decal remains partially intact and visible, contributing to the helmet’s overall appearance.

The interior is missing chinstrap, but features a civil-style leather liner with repunched fingers and a added leather drawstring, possibly wartime or postwar adaptation. Overall, this example rates in excellent condition, both practical and collectible in its current condition.

A solid representation of the Luftschutz M35 Beaded Helmet – Q64, offering originality and character, ideal for collectors of German civil defense or Third Reich-era headgear.

Historical Description: The German steel helmet was introduced in WWI. After that war, most German paramilitary and civil uniformed organizations wore surplus WWI style helmets, sometimes repainted or with newly added organizational logos. With the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the size of the various German organizations was greatly increased, resulting in greater demand for helmets than could be filled with WWI surplus. As a result, a variety of new helmet types were created to fill this demand. Some of the new helmets were commercially available and could be individually purchased. Others were intended for issue by various organizations. Most of these helmets were copies of the WWI type helmets, including the SS-RZM helmet of the early 1930s. In 1934, a new helmet type was created for use by German police, fire protection crews, and other organizations. Known to collectors as the M34, it featured a liner with integral chinstrap, a lower profile than the WWI helmets, and “salt shaker” style air vents instead of the earlier “Frankenstein” lugs. Other helmets were produced that followed this same general pattern and were used by the Luftschutz and other organizations. In military organizations, all earlier patterns were generally replaced in 1935 by the new M35 helmet. But earlier versions continued to be used as parade helmets, and civil organizations used variations of these early helmets until 1945 and in some cases, even later.

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