M38 DD FJ Helmet, (dark green)

[mayer]

Nobody else after Gerd?

[Daniele C]

Gerd the last 2 eagles posted are slightly different from each other right?

[Robin Lumsden]

Here's another..................

[Gerd W.]

Gerd the last 2 eagles posted are slightly different from each other right?

Very slightly which is a normal and acceptable.

But at least 3 features shown in the red marked area of "Anthony´s eagles" are 100% different to both of mine.
Those difference are only to be found on repro decals; sorry.

The fakers corrected these mistakes and sadly, there are already near perfect repros out there .

[SMP]

I believe this is the same type :
(photo courtesy of GHW)

[mathluft]

you are right Steve !

[Gerd W.]

Bingo

Here one more.

[SMP]

Bingo

Here one more.

Similar, but NOT the same, Gerd

[mathluft]

You are one time more right Steve ! ;-)

[Jos L C]

I agree the eagle in question is a reproduction, there's something wrong with the area around the eagle, looks like sandpaper marks to age the bird, but they also damaged the paint..

Jos.

[Gerd W.]

Similar, but NOT the same, Gerd

A similar WCPF (wrong claw position fake ).

For me these wrong claw position is the easiest keypoint to look at if we want to encounter such a fake FJ decal. There are some other features different to originals, but maybe we shouldn´t go into all details here.

IMHO there are no news for Anthony´s helmet: Good FJ helmet with bad decals..... seem to be a question of value now

[mayer]

If this is the conclusions, i have to give my apolgizes to everybody to have posted it on estand to much quickly! Thanks to all for your comments, is always hard and hard recognize these LW decals,you know!!

[Chris]

The paint was an easier giveaway than the decals, which require a close look nowadays, I agree.

[15parabattalion]

I think in the original the line between the body and the leg is not a thin straight one as in the possible fake decal BUT it should be a thicker line with curving matching the breast/leg. Or in other words the 3 above all have very similar leg patterns and the 4th one is different! But is this a standard giveaway or just a different manufactured decal!?

[Willi Z.]

Good or bad (which I agree with) the wear to both decals is artifical IMO.

And, even though most FJ collectors believe DDs did not exist in dark gray-green, there has to be something wrong with the decals when we do encounter them. Either fake or post war applied originals. The point being is we should all be able to indentify what is wrong. I have even seen fake camo applied over gray-green DDs where it was not absolutely clear the decals were bad. The camo was though.