Decal looks fake to me, but im a amateur so i could be completely wrong!
The lot code should be 4 digits, not 3 for a late war Ckl M42. As you can see from the photo, the stamping becomes less visible as you read it left to right. This is very common. You can see a slight misaligned stamp after the 6. To me it could be a 6 or a 0. So this would put the lot # at 3260 or 3266.
I will repost what I said in your other thread here for others to see.
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Do you have a maker and lot #?
ET style SS decal so the helmet should be an ET/Ckl.
Maybe it is due to the angle of the photo that is throwing off the lines but from what I can see, the runes are not angled correctly.
It also might be a "Champagne" fake. According to GHW's lot number research, there are a few ET/Ckl SS helmets in the 3200 and above range (I can only read the first two numbers of this helmets lot #32??). All are Champagne fakes.
I will leave it to others for a more experienced comment as I too am still learning. Happy to be proven wrong.
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