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02-24-2020 06:03 PM
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The holes look like they were eaten away by rust, rather than shrapnel damage. Something hitting a steel helmet hard enough to make a hole would deform the metal, and I don't see any deformation around the edges of those holes. You also usually see stress cracks, but that isn't always the case. The smaller pockmarks on the dome make me doubly certain that rust is the cause of those holes, rather than battle damage.
Regards, B.B.
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The helmet is in not heavy rusty condition
It is in fly rust patina barnfind condition
BR
Bavarian
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I have to agree with BB, all battle damage helmets I've seen have bent metal around the holes, these holes have no direction of travel present as one would see as a result of battle damage.
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HetzersGonnaHetz
I have to agree with BB, all battle damage helmets I've seen have bent metal around the holes, these holes have no direction of travel present as one would see as a result of battle damage.
Shrapnel holes in helmets do not always have metal turned inwards. Its all down to the velocity of the projectile that hits the helmet, the slower the velocity, the greater the metal will be turned inwards... that is of course, up to the point where the velocity is too low for the projectile to penetrate. But a projectile of higher velocity is more likely to take out a piece of metal without turning the edges of the hole inwards.
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HARRY THE MOLE
Shrapnel holes in helmets do not always have metal turned inwards. Its all down to the velocity of the projectile that hits the helmet, the slower the velocity, the greater the metal will be turned inwards... that is of course, up to the point where the velocity is too low for the projectile to penetrate. But a projectile of higher velocity is more likely to take out a piece of metal without turning the edges of the hole inwards.
Was not aware of that mate, many thanks for correcting me, got that duly noted for future reference. Apologies to the original poster for the mistake.
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