What do you think of this Medic Helmet?

[mario1]

...I would add that doesn't seem to come from Latvia but still I can see a

Latvian influence on the brush effect aging on white camo work of art

[wdphll]

Right now the helmet is for sale on ebay out of Wisconsin, do you know some where else that is offering this helmet?
Wade

[JohnB]

I concur with the gentlemen above, I believe the red cross and the white paint to be a recent reproduction. Certain qualities give it away. But the effort made to create such a fake is incredible.

John

[martin guerre]

Hi guys.Just one question:If you find this medic helmet not from a seller but in a old farm in europe and if the farmer say "i don't want some money but you can take it like a present" what will you say about it:good / bad ? What will be your opinion about this medic helmet.Hum hum hum !!!!!!!!!

[martin guerre]

Do you know what i want to say ????

[wdphll]

I know what you are saying...but wow if fakes are getting this good, I am kinda scared. I do think this helmet will top out at about 1000.00 before the auction is over. Never thought I would see a fake like this out of wisconsin, I am a iowa boy so I better start watching out around here also!

[dan h]

personally I like the helmet, I like the age on it. I would take the chance.

dan h

[kennethc]

I don't like the white freshy paint hidden under the dirt.

[ROBB]

All that thick red and white paint heavily applied ,and not one itsy bitysy teeny weeny bit of spillage on the inside ,this wasnt field done ,this was carefully crafted .Rob.

[Schwerpunkt]

I can't see any problem with it ?!

[Tim R. B.]

I think it's an original helmet doctored up to add money to a basic helmet. I don't like the paint but more effort has been taken to give the paint age and wear than you usually see on fakes. Tim.

...I would add that doesn't seem to come from Latvia but still I can see a

Latvian influence on the brush effect aging on white camo work of art

[britpc]

A Fake?? And not in Europe

I know what you are saying...but wow if fakes are getting this good, I am kinda scared. I do think this helmet will top out at about 1000.00 before the auction is over. Never thought I would see a fake like this out of wisconsin, I am a iowa boy so I better start watching out around here also!

[Jean-Loup]

Martin Guerre, what we are saying is that this particulaer helmet has fake paint on it, not that this type of paint wasnt used during the war. If a farmer pulls one like this out of his barn, then they must have filmed Band of Brothers near his farm.

JL

[Skullhead]

I like it!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Wade, I am very much in agreement with Tim's comments; they have taken a worn original helmet and added a fake paint job to the exterior. It is worth studying these as they all tend to have this "look" about them.

Cheers, Ade.