You could own this today for a mere $3500

[Eric Queen]

The sellers name is "Harder" and........well......I guess I'll leave that joke alone.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=738847241

[John Hodgin]

Hi Eric,

This is a very rare and little known camo pattern, intended only for wear on 4-01 and 10-31 of each year....

Regards,
John

[Jos L C]

Wow,these colors make me feel happy,I love the bright orange...
The guy forgot to put on a ticket "WET !"

Jos.

[RoyA]

The seller's right about one thing...this pattern IS extremely rare!

[Steve Sherlock]

rare orange camo

You are all correct, it is very rare. This particular orange pattern was used by paratroopers on surveying parties when they would set out their transits and measure how level the road was. They would spray orange marks on the road for reference purposes. If they came under fire while they were doing this, they would hit the ground, and the orange camo on the helmets would blend in with the orange reference marks they painted on the road, and the enemy wouldn't notice them. The really difficult item to get is the "Survey Party" signs in German which they set up when they were surveying.
If I were one of you fallschirmjager collectors, I'd snap this puppy up quick....

[RoyA]

Hi Steve,
I did some extensive research on this over the weekend, and find there may be another explanation. As is well known, Herman Goring was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. At the outbreak of war, old Herman found his leisure time somewhat limited, so he selected a few trustworthy men from his Fallschirmjager Corps to head up a new department....the Reichs Wildlife and Forestry Protectorate. These individuals patrolled Goring's Estate, keeping the wolf population in check, while keeping the pantry full of fresh venison. They painted orange on their helmets as a safety precaution, so as to avoid any hunting accidents. Near war's end, Goring reluctantly had to call these individuals back to active service to defend Berlin. Evidently there are only two surviving examples of these helmets in existence today....one in the Lenin museum in Moscow, and the other in the U.S. The interesting point of trivia here, is that these helmets were actually the forerunner of the fluorescent orange hunting cap, commonly used throughout the world today.