yellowish star on helmet?

[keith]

Why would a Japanese helmet have a yellowish star on it?

[Banzi64]

paint

[keith]

paint

I ask because I'm interested in a helmet on ebay, I posted its picture below-was your answer supposed to be serious?

[Banzi64]

post war paint people like to doll up the star a lot of times it will be red

[keith]

post war paint people like to doll up the star a lot of times it will be red

So there weren't original yellow stars? All I've ever seen are the red ones.....

[Banzi64]

the stars should be the color of the helmet