Brown DAK Heer helmet

[all1knew]

Hello all,

Veteran's wife says he shipped this from Africa. He was from 1st Armored Division, 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion. Any opinions on this brown one?

William Kramer

[all1knew]

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[-Ray-]

Just looks like it's been laquered.

-Ray-

[all1knew]

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[Fred S]

Just looks like it's been laquered.

-Ray-

+1

An EF 42 with such batch number wouldn't match with Africa campaign.

[all1knew]

+1

An EF 42 with such batch number wouldn't match with Africa campaign.

Excellent, thank you for letting me know. I'm just repeating what I have been told and that is the basic proof I wanted to know for sure.

William Kramer

[coloradocowboy]

Excellent, thank you for letting me know. I'm just repeating what I have been told and that is the basic proof I wanted to know for sure.

William Kramer

its always funny the stories people tell. Most of the time a bunch of bs. always go with what you can prove.

[Rob G.]

its always funny the stories people tell. Most of the time a bunch of bs. always go with what you can prove.

I don't think it was bs...

I don't think we can expect an 80+ year old woman to remember the exact place her sweatheart sent home an item 60+ years ago.

Although I have seen evidence of M42s used in Africa, and brown would be an acceptable color for a North African camo (IMHO), as Fred mentioned...the lot number is an issue.

What's the date of the liner band? That will prove one way or another...