Notice the fake brown aging...
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Also I think it had another decal on it previously, look in the upper right corner of ther SS decal...also giving it a very thick top border..Comment
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Hi Perry,
Is that the only concern on the decal the 'rounded bottom are you sure it's not coverd by the paint,and as i pointed out earlier it has another decal under it could this not be a 1st pattern and then redeccaled and then a repaint period it is sure convincing in the flesh and at the price paid it would have not been worthwile the price did not cover a crap helmet.if you look at the borders of the decals the one underneath has a thin border ,the one on top a thick one .
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You said the surface is metallic? I had read on a post a while back that one someone thought a helmet might have been repainted and had metal shavings dropped in the paint. If the shavings were somewhat rusty they would "bond" with the helmet a bit and create a pitting effect.
This helmet looks unusal and the surface does seem like rust has been painted over. The surface doesn't look to have the same type of texture as American/British WWII helmets that often had sawdust mixed in the paint. This does look like metal so I would have to offer my theory that shavings were dropped in the paint. It is possible this happened a long time ago but I personally doubt it.Comment
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Hi,
the texured surface is not like metal fillings dropped in paint and they have in no way pitted the surface of the helmet,the material is more like a slag type material from a furnace which is evident when a piece was removed with a knife and it's certainly not been done lately as i have had it over 10 years .the finnish is old ,worn and has if you look flaked of with use this finnish is several layers no soft paint, no smell ,and is as hard as nails,all the where to the helmet is consistant with hard use even the linner is flaking and the chinstrap is strected and broken.
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I agree, based on how artificial the damage to the decals look. Meaning that I don't think the decals are original to the helmet. The camo then becomes a moot point. Easily done nowadays.
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merdock the inside of your helmet is fine..Comment
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In my opinion the camo finish on this helmet looks fine. The rough substance could be dust mixed with the paint. The tan toned finish also could be the remnants of a white wash (I have one that is very similar to it).
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Yes the camo could be and from the pics it does look like zimmert. I feel the camo was dug-out then the decals applied..Comment
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Hi,
just a few points the wear to the camo looks right the top is more worn and the bottom edge looks like original wear,
the decals can't have been put in a dug out hole as the runes decal is on top of another decal so it can not be dug out,
there does not appear to be another under the party one,this could indicate redecalling and repaint after the regs came in about using the shield decal,
and if you look at both decals the camo stuff is applied around and OVER the edges of the decals covering the bottom of the runes were a point would be, as to the wear to the decals, it would look a lot stranger if it had better decals,
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When I say "dug-out" I mean the area where the deal is, has been prep'd. I see none of the rough camo over the SS decal..
I would really need to examine it first hand to see if a area was dug-out, I'm saying I would'nt be surprised if that was what's been done. I've seen a real zimmert camo ruined like this once...
But your right merdock, there's definately another runes decal under there, it should key you in on the heavy staining to the top one, but nothing on the one below it...Comment
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Hi,
on the edges of the decal the camo over laps to a small degree in places,not evenly but only in small areas check top,left and the bottom,
if as you say there is a rune decal under neath why would any body cover it,it can't have been in any worse condition than the top one,any comments on the shield.
MerdockComment
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It would have been done to quite possibly cover a more obvoius mistake...Comment
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