World's Most Valuable SS Helmet Found? 

Himmler looks like a giant nerd already but him wearing that helmet is ridiculous 😂

Mark Felton gets the weirdest 3am thought. Imagine him laying in bed…. And then just “What’s the most valuable SS Helmet found?”…. And then stays up all night researching…..

That photo of Himmler in the helmet really looks like Arte Johnson’s “Very Interesting!” German soldier character from Laugh In!

I'm surprised Himmler bothered with the chin strap, he had no chin

Himmler was the prototype for “Dark Helmet” in “Spaceballs”.

Mark Felton never disappoints.

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I think Mark is the only British person who pays attention how to pronounce words in other languages than just English. ❤😂

Interesting video, thanks. When I was a kid in '67, we used to play war all the time. Since so many kids had fathers who were WW2 vets, they used their German helmets. One kid who was genuinely a bad kid, showed up in my front yard with the other kids but instead of a regular army helmet, he showed up with a nearly perfect, glossy black SS helmet. My dad did not care about kids playing in their fathers' war bring backs. But he saw the SS helmet and went ballistic. He went outside and approached the kid and told him to take that helmet out of the yard and then he could come back and play. But then the kid started mouthing off to my dad and all hell broke lose. This kid kept a lot of dubious company and in the 8th grade, became a heroin addict, had gotten arrested several times, was really on a fast track to death. So this little "badass" with an attitude left yelling that he was going to have his dad come back and kick my dad's butt. His dad did not come to the house he was probably sick and tired of Jr. doing bad stuff and then coming to get him! At any rate, that was the last time he came around. Speed forward twenty years and instead of being dead, he actually made a turn around. He got a job at the local hospital taking blood from people. He told me that his experience of finding blood vessels to inject into was good practice for getting a job. Who would have ever thought. Anyway, he continued working in various positions at the hospital. Oh, he still had interest in doing things that would get his adrenaline flowing, he was what would later be called a Base Jumper. He would take his parachute to a radio tower that was three times as tall as the Empire Stadium and jump. He was still alive the last time I saw him.

I heard that... 🐦 7:34 Mark Felton, you need to change your smoke detector's battery.

Dark Helmet in Spaceballs

A little helmet trivia: The upper protruding stud, above the rivets on the 1917 & 1918 helmets was for fitting face shields, that were commonly issed to machine gunners in WW1. I am not sure how effective they were, as they were removed in post war helmets and not reintroduced in the following years.

SS uniforms are so cool even Darth Vader was inspired to copy them.

i literally have a couple of SS helmets in a cupboard, my dad brought them in Paris in the 60's, gotta check if any nametags , knowing my luck it will be Colonel Wilhelm Klink

It's always comical to me, seeing Himmler the chicken farmer, play dress up as a soldier having never served in combat. Ace as always Mark. No stone unturned

An old man tsks at his great-grandson playing Fortnite "This is what you kids do for fun these days? Why back in my day, we'd go to the Moulin Rouge in Paris, sleep with all the dancers, piss all over the bar, and leave without paying!" He didn't think anything more of it until a month later when his great-grandson limped into his house on a pair of crutches. He had bruises all over his body and his right eye was swollen shut. "Oh my dear sweet merciful heavens! What happened to you?" "I did what you said, Great-Grandpa. I got some friends together and we flew to Paris. We went to the Moulin Rouge, Tried to sleep with all the dancers, pissed all over the bar, and tried to leave without paying. They beat the shit out of us and we all got deported." "Well who did you go with?" "Some Fortnite buddies. Why, who did you go with?" "The SS."

I have 2 of these in my collection....an RZM model and a VERY rare M-18 style in Aluminum, worn as a parade Helmet by Waldemar Fegelein, a close family friend and horse riding partner of mine when I was stationed as a Cavalry Officer in his hometown of Ansbach. ( I also have an original Italian SS helmet as well....) good episode!

Found one of those helmets in my grandad's loft!..... thought he'd been an electrician until I saw this video!!

A helmet not mentioned is the paratrooper helmet, a compact version which is my personal favorite....😊

"What do you call an Angry German ??" . . . "A Sour Kraut" . . .

I don't think I'll ever stop being excited when I see a video from Mark felton pop up

I love Mark’s work. He should be on mainstream tv. Proper history dude

Much appreciated Dr.Felton and always thank you for your dedication to all of our shared history you are an inspiration!

Thank you again for another amazing video Mark

These Stahlhelms had a sort of vertical exaggerated shape and a cap-like brim. Thank you Dr. Felton. Very fascinating.

Another magnificent production, Dr. Felton! I look forward to all of your postings.

I am always amazed by your HIGH RESOLUTION pictures, Mark Bravo!

Great as always!

My Grandfather was issued this version of M16/18 helmet when he joined in October 1935 when he initially volunteering to serve with MG battalion #6 in Bamberg. He was so little (about 5'' 2") that even this smallest version of the WWI era helmet went over the brim of his eyes. Once he desired transfer to the Luftwaffe Stuka and St.G 168 this Geschwader got the new M35 which fit better and may coincide with Goering's units getting the newest field issue over everyone else. When Grandfather applied for pension during the mid 1970s his October 1 1935 entry year was considered Weimar era by the Bundesrepublic committee yet the NSDAP Wehrmacht was initiated months earlier March 16, 1935. Will never know why this was determined.

Thank you sir for making these impeccable history videos.

It's amazing that the video actually contains in-detail descriptions of a helmet. I dropped a like btw

Great video as always! Himmler and the SS never cease to amaze. What a brilliant organizer.

Nice Mark another great video, keep em coming

As alway, outstanding presentation!! Thank you, Dr. Felton!!

Thank you so much, Mark for all your history teachings.I learn something new from you each time you post videos.Many thanks.!

Remember the kid in grade school that would remind the teacher we had homework…. Yeah they sometimes get a big desk

Thanks Dr. Felton!

I've learned so much from Mark's videos. Extremely informative, accurate, and interesting. A real treasure trove.

Mark Felton< always a pleasure, thank you Mark

I really like your shows. Thank you for the programs.👍

The 36th infantry Texas division were in Italy and in the war time film, The Battle for San Pietro 1945.

Your research for stories like this is incredible. Thank you for your work!

Great topic and informative ! Great job Mark !

Everybody be complimenting Mark Felton's vid, even if it's been released a minute ago lol

6:05 Golly, I never realized how massive Himmler's chin was.

Great job! Always surprised where you get all the details from. This analysis work is so valuable for history investigation in general

Thank you. I always enjoy your videos.

5:40 An interesting thing to note in this fotograph is that the helmet features the tricolore of the German armed forces instead of the NSDAP swastika on the left side.

Thank you for the interesting info!

Another top shelf production Mark , keep them coming good Sir

Mark Felton, thank you so much for another great and interesting video on Geran history. Stay safe

A Mark Felton post.Thursday is suddenly looking up.

As a German its always facinating to learn which artefacts of this darkest years survived the war to this day without beeing destroyed. It seems you can always count on the Amarican looters and suveniers hunters

Dr Felton always delivering the goods!

Always enjoy your work Dr Felton.

Really great video. Nobody’s this good. But Mark!

"The small German army of only 100000" Current size of the British Army? 72000. God help us.

Great video Mr Felton, Great!!!!

Good information as always! Thank you Dr Felton!

5:49 I never saw this incredible picture before , amazing, almost looks like a paratrooper's helmet high speed, low drag.

My great uncle was a guard at an Arbeitslager and had several of these. I thought he was an electrician. He was injured when he fell out of the guard tower. Great man that did nothing wrong.

Been a while since a Mark Felton video graced my desk. Hooray!

We love ur videos Mark, the class of all this genre’s, hands 🙌🏿 down simply the best! Thanks 🙏 for all your hard work!!!

How did the chin strap stay on 😂

Himmler dons parade M16 with chin strap Himmlers chin : "Okay, you're just straight up mocking me now"

I can never enough about how much I like your videos. You make them exciting and educational. Thank you so much for your time and research.

Awesome video as usual

I do love the algemeine SS M16 Stahlhelm! Thanks for the lecture Dr. Felton!!!

Why hasn’t this man been given a mainstream platform to spread this information.

Very decent of the guy to give it away as a donation.

Excellent as always.

Excellent review, thank you

I used to dine in a Gasthaus in the early '80s when I was stationed in Germany. A former SS officer would occasionally dine there and the atmosphere was completely different when he was there. Very quiet. Also met a former POW that had been in Texas. He loved his time in America.

Hugo Boss…. at least we won the style war!

Very informative, and enjoyable - thank you.

Excellent video!

Himmler and John Lennon were quite similar. They got Cauc-Asian looks 😂

Ah yes great way to start a day

Thanks for the info, didn,t know that. Well done.

Wow so interesting. As a humble WW2 collector, you describe very very well all the evolution, types, and characteristics, with a great chronological order. Great research as always and thank you for sharing

SS helmets, especially good condition ones with decals are very desirable. Helmut Weitze has few priced at anywhere between 9 000-35 000e. They are not cheap and i don't wonder why.

Always love getting a video Notification from you Doc!

Excellent Job tracking and telling the story.

When I was doing research into Himmler for a history essay I remember thinking that as a kid he was more my kind of pupil. Preferred spending time studying/reading in the school library (according to classmates at least) than playing sports. A viewpoint I could totally agree with. His adult life, best left in books.

Hugo Boss uniforms are a huge flex.........they had style like it or not.

Not gonna lie - they were a bunch of loons but they did look smart AF

Thank you. Another fantastically informative video.

Mark - Another excellent documentary. Well presented & I especially like your well pronounced German words, which shows the depth of your research. I always learn something new from these programmes, which, after such a long time, is quite amazing 🍂

Hugo Boss never designed the Uniforms, his Factory was one of many to make them...

Himmler was the real inspiration for “Dark Helmet” in Mel Brooks’ “Spaceballs!” 😆😂🤣

Another informative watch!

great video great information. Thank you

This serves to remind us that we do not need to invent monsters and boogeymen..they were plain, ordinary people doing unimaginably horrible things.

I’d Buy that for a Dollar !!

Amazing episode!

Thank you Mark. Interesting vid.

That's a big honkin' helmet...

A massive helmet wearing a massive helmet

Thank you Mark yet again. I can safety say that im not the only one intrigued and fascinated by ww2 german helmets judging by the views on another terrific well documented video. Thank you

Great video Thank you 🙏🏾