Type 90 helmet - opinions?

[daggervez]

Looks like the helmet was period re-painted? Olive drab over black?

[daggervez]

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[daggervez]

Anyone?

[daggervez]

Wow, a tough crowd here. I guess I'll have to ask somewhere else.

[Paul G]

Wow, a tough crowd here. I guess I'll have to ask somewhere else.

Not really a tough crowd, just not as active as other sub forums here. I will give it a shot, hopefully your still around to read it, and not just moved on so quickly. I am not really sure I like the over paint, and wouldn't necessarily call it wartime. It looks a little too shiny for me to be wartime. As far as the black?? look up black painted Japanese helmets on the search feature of this forum. The color of the helmet on the outside, as well as being too shiny, is also a color found on earlier made helmets, I think 1939 and earlier. The liner with the pieced together leather pieces, is often found in helmets of the 1943-45 time frame, when leather was getting harder to find. Add all these little things up and I think you have a helmet with some possible issues. Maybe not what you wanted to hear, but thats my assessment.

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[Jareth]

The black overpaint helmets usually were only painted on exterior. I can't recall seeing a black painted interior. The exterior paint might be OK. Perhaps oiled or waxed. The star seems to have lost it's paint

[gunto]

Is the star moveable? Little Lose?

[Blacksmith Life]

"Tough crowd", or you being impatient?

You are asking for information, which this community generously gives for free.

Seems to me, your options are: Pay for an appraisal, risk getting burnt, or show a little appreciation.

Good luck.

Wow, a tough crowd here. I guess I'll have to ask somewhere else.