Ss m42 et64

**ShaneH** · 07-14-2011, 07:31 PM

if you take a photo of the front of the helmet it will be easyer to tell wether
its a ET or EF because a EF helmet has a much wider peak than other makers.
from the photos you have up i think its a ET

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 07-14-2011 07:31 PM

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**WILCO** · 07-14-2011, 08:19 PM

Could be an EF but that wil really throw me now! will get some better pictures as have borrowed a better camera and will upload asap this evening

Thanks guys

**WILCO** · 07-15-2011, 12:01 AM

Hi Guys,

Heres some better pictures, hope they help.

Sorry its taken so long having a PC meltdown!

Thanks again,
Matt

**WILCO** · 07-15-2011, 12:03 AM

Cheers all

Heres some pics from the front

Matt

**ShaneH** · 07-15-2011, 01:40 AM

yep it looks to be a EF shell

**DougB** · 07-15-2011, 07:47 AM

Looks EF to me, but the SS decal sadly doesnt conform to what i would like to see in an original.

**WILCO** · 07-15-2011, 08:59 AM

Cheers Doug/Shane,

Oh, ok never thought that.
If it isn't, not a good start to day!

Does everyone support the above?

Looking in the Hicks SS steel book it says that there were 3 types of runic shield used on the EF
model. The one similar to the CA pocher but with higher sliced runes.
The narrow NS style and the ET runes.

I thought it was an ET lid and was pretty happy with the decal as it stod for an ET.

Now very confused

All comments welcome,
Thanks,
Matt

**Schwerpunkt** · 07-15-2011, 06:19 PM

Yes the helmet is an EF for sure , I kind of like the wear and it's an ET pattern style shield.
The only thing I notice is the thick upper black border , looks thicker than what I expect.

But all in all I don't dislike it.

Doug what makes you not like it ?

**Schwerpunkt** · 07-15-2011, 06:35 PM

Here's one I used to own. I have another one in my collection. But this is a better picture.
I also have ADM close-ups of this decal. Up to 200x.

**helmet2id** · 07-15-2011, 07:15 PM

by Schwerpunkt

Yes the helmet is an EF for sure , I kind of like the wear and it's an ET pattern style shield.
The only thing I notice is the thick upper black border , looks thicker than what I expect.

But all in all I don't dislike it.

Doug what makes you not like it ?

Frank, I share your thoughts on this - I also saw the border, but overall, the decal does appear to me to be good. I also checked the GHW database and this one is in a lot number range of M42 EF lids that all are SS. The numbers lower than the lot number on this one have EF decals, but the ones with lot #'s higher than this one have ET decals. Jim G.