I have been waiting to put this baby on, started life as a DD luft, tricolor visable under rune, luft blue under skirt. The rune sure has the proper look under magnification, it has been white washed, then this camo piant job added, looks odd as the devil. that is untill...........
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At least... interesting ! It's the yellow that makes the thing look like "fantasy" here, but well...
No story with this one ?Comment
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No story, It does have that look though, you think who would put the yellow and there are some pink dots , a guy being creative in the field? A nut trying to ruin a helmet? someone sanded a small spot on the other side to see what was there, and there is no eagle, or no swaz shield.
DaveDaveJComment
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Not too sure about those runes from this far away. Interesting for sure.Comment
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Yes very interesting Dave !!,
any chance of a close up ? or photo of the liner detail, etc
AshleyComment
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Can you post a close-up of the decal?Comment
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I will try to get a good close up,
DaveDaveJComment
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This is the best I can do with my mavica,
I will try to get a better photo with a better camera laterDaveJComment
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Dave,
I am not sure if you are looking for comments on this helmet. But I must say I do not have a good feeling about this camo paint. The camo paint is not 60 years old and I would bet heavily that the SS decal is a fake.
Just my opinion
JohnComment
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John,
I welcome all comments, why do you say the paint is not 60 years old?
DaveDaveJComment
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Dave, I collect camo helmets. And I have learned to look for age in camo paint such as dings, scratches and, above all, a certain patina in the paint. I do not see this at all on this helmet. All I see is a helmet painted no more than 10 years ago with ridiculous colors. And Before the helmet was painted someone put an SS decal on it, then painted it over and then uncovered it. The oldest trick in the book is to cover a fake SS decal with paint to make it look old.
Also, did you say the underside of the helmet has luftwaffe blue paint on it? If so, it is more credible to think someone recently "enhanced" a common Luft helmet, than to think somehow the SS reissued a Luftwaffe helmet during the war.
I hope you did not pay a fortune for that helmet.
Regards,
John
Originally posted by DaveJComment
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John,
I got it in trade about 12 years ago from a friend, we were not sure about it and do not have a lot in it, other than interest,
Thanks
DaveDaveJComment
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This is an original example of an SS "Timothy Leary" Division camo helmet.
They weren't much good at fighting, but they could bake a hellacious hash-brownie.
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SS camo
Here is one that I got from a vet. If you use a magnifying glass you can see the SS runes through small cracks in the paint. By the way , the paint only cracked where the decal was.The paint is not as shiny as the picture may show. It wasn't sold to me as any thing fancy.Comment
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