Here's a few photos the seller sent me.
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The only potential problem with sharing your purchase price is that when they land on the e-stand for three times more, it ruffles feathers. Everybody (myself included) buys some things to re-sell, but I can't imagine the buyer will feel good knowing what he is paying vs. what YOU paid. Just my feeling on it. I;m sensitive too so maybe it's just ME!
Nice lids!!
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Thanks Mike...Originally posted by sdkfz247 View Post
These won't be on E-Stand.
I do collect helmets... plus money in the bank earns nothing.
The dollar is going down.... so... I am grabbing as much as I can.
My 401k lost 20% since the first of the year.
I rather look at these guys... than a declining quarterly statement
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I'm with you... my 401k did the same thing, and I have it in conservative investments! I am buying all the QUALITY 3rd Reich stuff I can lay my hands on, because this market will have ups and downs but NEVER die. Plus, as you said... it's SO PRETTY!!
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The only bad part is...Originally posted by sdkfz247 View PostI'm with you... my 401k did the same thing, and I have it in conservative investments! I am buying all the QUALITY 3rd Reich stuff I can lay my hands on, because this market will have ups and downs but NEVER die. Plus, as you said... it's SO PRETTY!!
I am running out of shelf space. I have nearly 100 German helmets alone.
It's a problem I can live with.
I know there are quite a few forum members with nicer, and more helmets... but... I have to take what I can find.
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very nice finds indeed. i love the decals
personally i do not care what you buy at and at the end of the day there is a market value for everthing , so if you ever did sell at market value good for you. thats what i think anyway. i have made profits and losses as im sure most have.
anyway whats stopping the guy who brought an item off you selling it at a profit. its happened to me more than onceComment
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Thanks Chris...Originally posted by chris clark View Postvery nice finds indeed. i love the decals
personally i do not care what you buy at and at the end of the day there is a market value for everthing , so if you ever did sell at market value good for you. thats what i think anyway. i have made profits and losses as im sure most have.
anyway whats stopping the guy who brought an item off you selling it at a profit. its happened to me more than once
Yes... I have lost a lot of money on mistakes. Especially last year.
It usually happens when I venture out of my relm of collecting.
I am by no means an expert like many folks on the forum.
I can't look at a decal... and immediately know the maker of the shell.
A few years ago... I got burned on a Luft dagger on E-Bay.
I asked the guy if the "dagger is real." He said yes. The auction had a poor photo, and he did not take Pay Pal.
I sent payment.. and it was a poor reproduction you see at flea markets for $10 bucks.
I e-mailed him back to complain.
He said: "You asked if it was real. I feel if you can touch it, and feel it... it's real !!"
I wanted to choke the guy...
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to borrow a line from Robert De Nero's character in 'Analyze This', "oh you're good! you're VERY good!"
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Anybody familiar with this style of a RAD decal?
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I'm not. Not to say it's fake or anywhere close to it. See anything like it in Baers book?
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Baer has it down to a RAD decal. page 323. there's even a picture of this reissued decal over a Heer, just like yours!
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Cool...Originally posted by luftwaffenkopf View PostBaer has it down to a RAD decal. page 323. there's even a picture of this reissued decal over a Heer, just like yours!
Too bad mine is not in better shape.
The liner/washers/rivets... can be replaced. The helmet needs to be cleaned up too. Surface rust to the top, etc.
I appreciate the help... RobertComment
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I went on the Net to find the RAD decal... but... they appear to have been larger... with full wings?
Here's an example:
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Polit...s/N055459.html
It doesn't look like the portion of the wings were scratched off after application.
Maybe this is a variation, or the decal was trimmed prior to putting on the shell?Comment
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