Waffen SS relic need help

[kemi]

I need some help on this helmet! I'm not an expert when it comes
To helmets. I think the Shell is real But i have my concern about the decal
I know there are many fakes out there!

[HoundsTooth]

As I understand it, the decals could take quite a lot of punishment and are surprisingly resilient - but in this case the helmet really is in a very rusted condition. There is no paint left at all, but the decal is still there? And in a few places it looks like it dips inside the rust pits.
I'd be very cautious on this one.

Thanks
Nick

[Anderson]

I'd agree with that. When you see white decal sunken into pitting holes, it suggests it was applied after the hole was there.

[real steel]

Shape of the decal does not resemble a known original design from what I can see of it.

Plus it looks like an SE/HKP shell...which would discount an SS decal

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Hi, not one that I like, as mentioned, the decal has been placed over already pitted areas and if it is an SE/HKP as David has said, that makes it a no no from the start. Leon.