MEGA RARE ORIGINAL INTER-WAR WEIMAR REPUBLIC / EARLY WAR VINTAGE 

GERMAN ARMY LEATHER HELMET CARRIER / CARRYING STRAP

HIGH QUALITY EARLY DESIGN WITH HEAVY DUTY SNAP-HOOK

For sale here is a genuine original inter-war period German Army helmet carrier, this is a well documented type usually referred to as the highest quality variant made and attributed to use by Cavalry Troops as well as some Armoured Cavalry, and seen in early war photographs being used by troops on horseback to secure their helmets when not being worn.

This particular carrier came from an estate clearance and was part of a collection established in the 1970's, I have no personal doubts at all about the authenticity and I think any considered examination of the photographs I have provided will confirm that.

The carrier bears no markings at all, not to the leather nor to the snap-hook so I presume it was a private purchase item, I understand from what I have managed to read online that this is common to find (On these VERY uncommon surviving examples!).

CONDITION: Carrier is in as-found vintage used condition, I have made NO effort to clean or treat the leather. There is a row of unused stitch holes on the side of the carrier band but if something was there it must have been removed over 80 years ago. There are general signs of use and wear from use but the hook is intact and working. The leather shows cracking to the surface in various places, it is not totally dry nor rock hard but really it would benefit from appropriate treatment, none of the wear looks scary if you understand what I mean, it looks to extend to the top shiny finished layer of the leather only. The stitching is in good order, this is a good example of an ultra rare piece.

Selling for a very reasonable price, in need of a good new home, if you collect stahlhelm then you will know just quite how hard these are to find and just how much some people ask for them! A true professionally made early example, not an amateur bodge-up, a very rare original accessory just waiting to find the right home in a collection.