I hate to ask the question because I'm affraid of what the outcome may be but I have to ask all the same...is this an original war time camo helmet or some put together POS? Go ahead, I can take it. I have had this in my position for some time and sold alot of good original "stuff" at the last Drawbridge show to finish paying for it.
This is a three color camo painted helmet with what looks to be the original gray/green paint to the under side. There is no trace of a decal under the camo paint. The liner looks to be nice and supple with moderate amount of wear and sweat staining to it. Nice markings stamped on the rear of the liner to a Baumuster Heisier Berlin C2 and the size of the shell 68 and liner 57. Gray leather chin strap is soft with moderate wear to it and a couple of rust spots where the snaps had sat. The buckle also has rust forming to it. The steel shell is stamped ET68 on the left side close to the front of the strap and the lot/batch number is 3133, stamped on the inside back of the shell. Everything looks to be correct to the piece but I am having doubts the more that I get involved with reading opinions from the many forum site here. I don't know where to turn for answers in my home town so I'll ask the question here. Thanks for your opinions
If anyone needs to see different pics tell me what you need and I will post them...Rob.
Front left side...
This is a three color camo painted helmet with what looks to be the original gray/green paint to the under side. There is no trace of a decal under the camo paint. The liner looks to be nice and supple with moderate amount of wear and sweat staining to it. Nice markings stamped on the rear of the liner to a Baumuster Heisier Berlin C2 and the size of the shell 68 and liner 57. Gray leather chin strap is soft with moderate wear to it and a couple of rust spots where the snaps had sat. The buckle also has rust forming to it. The steel shell is stamped ET68 on the left side close to the front of the strap and the lot/batch number is 3133, stamped on the inside back of the shell. Everything looks to be correct to the piece but I am having doubts the more that I get involved with reading opinions from the many forum site here. I don't know where to turn for answers in my home town so I'll ask the question here. Thanks for your opinions
If anyone needs to see different pics tell me what you need and I will post them...Rob.
Front left side...
I must agree with the gentlement that posted before. The chinstraps are clearly fake. The liner is clearly fake. The shell I am not 100% certain, but given the status of the chinstraps and liner, I would definitely ask for my money back ASAP, especially when you consider that you have spent a very significant amount of money. For that amount, you should get something that will allow you to sleep peacefully at night, like for example, Andy's excellent example with the .45 cal. impact. I like that one a lot. Look at original examples in this site and, hopefully, you will be able to pick out the "artificialness" of yours. It comes from looking at originals over and over again.
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