Is this FJ cover a keeper?

[Kenny Suit]

I've posted another thread asking for help in authenticating an M-38 helmet I have.

This cover also came with the helmet.

I'm a helmet collector, and I know nothing about helmet covers. I don't collect them.

So, I'd appreciate it if you FJ helmet/cloth collectors could look at this cover and let me know if it is good or not.

The cover fits the helmet like a glove, and is in excellent condition like the helmet.

In this photo, I've taken it off the helmet so that I can take photos of the inside of the cover. For the photo, I simply laid it on top of the helmet. But when clipped on, it fits tightly.

Thanks,

-- Kenny

[Kenny Suit]

The top of the cover

[Kenny Suit]

The inside

[Kenny Suit]

A closeup of the stitching around the foliage loop.

[Kenny Suit]

And finally, a closeup of the clip.

Although I'm not a collector of helmet covers (and I don't want to start!), for my own benefit I would appreciate specific comments about what makes this a real or fake cover.

Thanks again,

-- Kenny

[John Hodgin]

Hi Kenny,
Your cover is a reproduction.
Regards,
John

[Willi Z.]

Sorry Kenny, but I have to agree with John. That style of fake is rather common. You can encounter them in water pattern and olive green too. Sometimes they have been artificially aged too.

[JohnB]

Hello,

I concur with John H. and Willi. That FJ cover is a reproduction and has at least one glaring flaw.
John

[Kenny Suit]

Thanks!

Thanks to all of you that replied.

I guess my original helmet was married to a fake cover!

-- Kenny