Hi,
As it's my first post let me introduce myself:
Cyril, 25, Archeologist, French (needless to say that my English can be broken sometimes).
I'm mainly collecting military helmets from 1918 to 1945. As archeology is not the most well-paid job in the world, I have pretty much no serious knowledge about German helmets. I can tell the differences between a M35, M40 and M42 but that's about it.
Well back to the topic, I don't know why but I really love Czech helmets.
I was looking for a cheap Vz.32 when I found one on Ebay Germany.
The pics were crappy and the decal screamed so heavily that they were faked that the final price was good, very good
.
After a few days I finally got it in my mailbox. I wanted to remove the decals and the last layer of paint to put it back in it's original configuration. But as I was watching it closely, I had some doubts. As I have said I have never held a german helmet with good decal in my hands but I had a good feeling about them.
So I posted my helmet in a French militaria forum (mcollec) and thanks to them I have never touched it since them.
There was no consensus about it but on average they were thinking that it could be a good one.
Now less talking and more pics:
Before cleaning it:
As you can see the national colors are really blurry/faded.
After gently cleaning it with soapy water.
No surprise about the rest, just your standard Vz.32.
I would like to know several things:
_ Authenticity
_ I have seen several reissued Czech helmets here but who was using double decal helmets? German auxiliaries, 2nd line troops? Anyway I suppose that it was before 1940.
_ Was that particular shade of green in regular German service? Again I'm a total noob in German militaria so it's a good way to learn a little more
Thanks for any help.
As it's my first post let me introduce myself:
Cyril, 25, Archeologist, French (needless to say that my English can be broken sometimes).
I'm mainly collecting military helmets from 1918 to 1945. As archeology is not the most well-paid job in the world, I have pretty much no serious knowledge about German helmets. I can tell the differences between a M35, M40 and M42 but that's about it.
Well back to the topic, I don't know why but I really love Czech helmets.
I was looking for a cheap Vz.32 when I found one on Ebay Germany.
The pics were crappy and the decal screamed so heavily that they were faked that the final price was good, very good
.After a few days I finally got it in my mailbox. I wanted to remove the decals and the last layer of paint to put it back in it's original configuration. But as I was watching it closely, I had some doubts. As I have said I have never held a german helmet with good decal in my hands but I had a good feeling about them.
So I posted my helmet in a French militaria forum (mcollec) and thanks to them I have never touched it since them.
There was no consensus about it but on average they were thinking that it could be a good one.
Now less talking and more pics:
Before cleaning it:
As you can see the national colors are really blurry/faded.
After gently cleaning it with soapy water.
No surprise about the rest, just your standard Vz.32.
I would like to know several things:
_ Authenticity
_ I have seen several reissued Czech helmets here but who was using double decal helmets? German auxiliaries, 2nd line troops? Anyway I suppose that it was before 1940.
_ Was that particular shade of green in regular German service? Again I'm a total noob in German militaria so it's a good way to learn a little more
Thanks for any help.
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