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I've been offered this Slovakian M32/34 helmet by another forum member. He bought it from one the most trustworthy dealers around. I trust both sources, but these helmets have been widely faked and expertly faked, however, so I thought I'd run this by other forum members before I have my collector friend ship this off. Any thoughts?
One anomaly of this helmet is that the cross appears only on one side. On authentic versions that I've seen the crosses appear on both sides. In addition, in the only period photo that I've been able to find (in Marzetti's book) the crosses are positioned between the two rivits on the sides. Since these were done by hand, however, I suppose there was a fair bit of variation in how the crosses and blue bands were applied.
If anybody knows how to reach Peter Suciu, I really welcome his opinion. He's the only person that I know who has studied these helmets, but I'm sure there are others in the forum who would have informed opinions.
I've been offered this Slovakian M32/34 helmet by another forum member. He bought it from one the most trustworthy dealers around. I trust both sources, but these helmets have been widely faked and expertly faked, however, so I thought I'd run this by other forum members before I have my collector friend ship this off. Any thoughts?
One anomaly of this helmet is that the cross appears only on one side. On authentic versions that I've seen the crosses appear on both sides. In addition, in the only period photo that I've been able to find (in Marzetti's book) the crosses are positioned between the two rivits on the sides. Since these were done by hand, however, I suppose there was a fair bit of variation in how the crosses and blue bands were applied.
If anybody knows how to reach Peter Suciu, I really welcome his opinion. He's the only person that I know who has studied these helmets, but I'm sure there are others in the forum who would have informed opinions.