Hello! I'm new at militaria...so be gentle! And patient! 
I am fascinated by WW1 trench warfare and following a rather heart-wrenching visit this spring to Ypres and area, am putting together a little (mostly) Canadian WW1 vignette...
In addition, my father was a German WW2 soldier. Fourteen when he enlisted, injured at 16, spent a year in the hospital and rehab, and the war was over when he got out.
...and finally, my daughter just signed up with the CAF...
With all this recent interest, my sons asked why I didn't put together a WW2 vignette as well?
I did purchase a M35 'relic' helmet. I realize much is faked...and I'm okay if this is not fully authentic...but I still have some questions.
Since my father fought on the Eastern Front/Berlin...I purchased the helmet from an Eastern seller (it was sent from Moldova). I think the helmet is authentic...but may have been repainted...or aged...so my first question is about what kind of faking is being done...
And my second question...assuming that this helmet is real...and the first decal is the National colours...what could the second decal be? The residue is white. If it's a Heer helmet...would the eagle decal (white on black background) have had a white underlayer to it?
I am fascinated by WW1 trench warfare and following a rather heart-wrenching visit this spring to Ypres and area, am putting together a little (mostly) Canadian WW1 vignette...
In addition, my father was a German WW2 soldier. Fourteen when he enlisted, injured at 16, spent a year in the hospital and rehab, and the war was over when he got out.
...and finally, my daughter just signed up with the CAF...
With all this recent interest, my sons asked why I didn't put together a WW2 vignette as well?
I did purchase a M35 'relic' helmet. I realize much is faked...and I'm okay if this is not fully authentic...but I still have some questions.
Since my father fought on the Eastern Front/Berlin...I purchased the helmet from an Eastern seller (it was sent from Moldova). I think the helmet is authentic...but may have been repainted...or aged...so my first question is about what kind of faking is being done...
And my second question...assuming that this helmet is real...and the first decal is the National colours...what could the second decal be? The residue is white. If it's a Heer helmet...would the eagle decal (white on black background) have had a white underlayer to it?
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