Looks like a decal or something under the SS decal. Evident along the right edge.
D.
Looks like a decal or something under the SS decal. Evident along the right edge.
D.
Hi, looks like there is a small "fleck" of red where the runic shield is damaged at the bottom left to me. I would say that this is an ex double decal HEER helmet that has had some post war decals added along with a dome stamp. Leon.
You always spot the tiny details Leon. Interestingly Frank has exactly the same lot number (21057) as a DD Heer.
Lot number 21059 has DD SS with Pocher decal. Looking at the SS helmets in his database, quite a few have Pocher decals.
There are of course multiple differences within each batch, but I just though i'd chuck this out there.
Nick
So basically it´s DD helmet but decals are wrong?
The runes are fake, too sharp and the dimensions are incorrect IMO. Also, same like artificial tool marking on the decal.
May I ask, this and the other SS lid you posted have issues, did you buy both from the same source, as they could both quite easily catch out a novice collecter.
Agree
The main reason I dislike this helmet IMO, it was "built to deceive". Many "restored" or re-decaled helmets to me appear "innocent". Hard to describe what I am trying to say. This one just has a look that the intent was to rip somebody off "big time". It screams fraud, money being the #1 motive for the "restoration"
D.
A shame that someone would choose to deliberately ruin a perfectly good DD Heer helmet to try and make a buck. Those are hardly cheap themselves. Not as expensive as an SS helmet, but still a pretty penny.
B.B.
I bought them in auction at sale room. Final question,has this helmet any value?
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