Original WWII German Luftwaffe LKP S101 Summer Pilot Flying Helmet with Avionics & Goggles

Original Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent tan cloth, silk lined LKP S101 Luftwaffe Pilot's summer flying helmet with a gorgeous set of pilot’s goggles and the original avionics. Introduced in 1937, it has improved electronics and sound proof rubber ear cups covered in leather. It is marked Ln 26617. The inner label reads:

FL. Kopfhaube  Gr. 55
Baumuster LKp S101
Gerät - Nr  124-436 B
Werk - Nr -/Striwe
Anf. Z    Ln 26617
Hersteller 350
Siemens-Apparateus 374
Maschinen G.m.b.H.

This is a superb condition original helmet with all of its straps, electronics and buckles. There is no sign of moth damage or repair. The helmet retains its original power cord, but the cord is very heavily damaged with heavy loss of the rubber exterior, revealing the wiring underneath. The cording is still very fragile, so please handle with case.

The goggles retain their elastic well and have a great white color to the padding .

This really is a nice example of a German WWII Flying helmet, complete with avionics and goggles. Ready to add to your collection!

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which banned Germany from having any air force.

During the interwar period, the German armed forces secretly trained pilots - in violation of the Treaty - at Lipetsk Air Base in the Soviet Union. With the rise of the NSDAP (in power from 1933) and the repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, the Luftwaffe's existence was publicly acknowledged on 26 February 1935, just over two weeks before open defiance of the Versailles Treaty through the announcement of German rearmament and conscription on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a Luftwaffe detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War, provided the force with a valuable testing-ground for new tactics and aircraft. Partially as a result of this combat experience, the Luftwaffe had become one of the most sophisticated, technologically advanced, and battle-experienced air forces in the world when World War II broke out in 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty.