Fake German Steel helmets

**command450** · 04-18-2011, 04:03 PM

post war helmet that some clown tried to turn into a real helmet.fake decals,liner and even the shell is a post war rig.the guys here spotted it,right off the bat,in an opinion thread I started the other day! THANKS !!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 04-18-2011 04:03 PM

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**Alter Musketier** · 04-23-2011, 11:27 PM

Another candidate of fake helmet. Steel helmet of Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) with decal:
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/steel...98/#post276557

**brataccas** · 04-29-2011, 01:58 PM

what are peoples thoughts on this?

picklhaube ww1 orginal german helmet | eBay UK

just seems such a low starting bid for such a quality helmet?

**rusted180** · 05-10-2011, 02:06 AM

after seeing this one and also many others on this thread, it seems these crooks are getting better and better...... it's sad....really.. ive started to look into getting a japanese nco sword and the word is, only 300,000 to 500,000 of these swords were brought back to US after the war, and because theyve been gettiing more and more popular, the fakes produced have now tripled the amount of swords out there! the same figure is probably the same with out helmets if not more! so in retrospect, i really wonder if there are helmets out there that even fooled the best experts in militaria. this i fear the MOST! it would be really disheartening to figure out one day that one of your helmets is a fake!

**lowfields** · 05-15-2011, 06:30 PM

Does anyone have an opinion on the camo helmets dug recently in France
'INCREDIBLE WW1 GROUND DIG FIND'
Real or fake?
Seller is asking serious money for these and I am very tempted but ???????????

**Vegard T** · 05-15-2011, 07:17 PM

I think they are good.

**emerika** · 06-12-2011, 08:05 PM

by ringbuffer

The question is what to do with fake decals on real german helmets ?? as mine is do i take the decals off or leave it as is ?? dont even know if the paint is real !! bought as original and only found out about a year after purchase it was fake Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh !! and the dealer would not take it back bastard !! you live and learn !! any comments

yeah what should you do with fake paint and decals? Sand blast the shit paint off or leave it alone???

**GIZMO8Z** · 07-10-2011, 03:21 AM

Here is a helmet I found at a pawn shop for $850. Luckily the man working the shop allowed me to take pictures.

Unless I'm mistaken... the steel pot itself is real, but someone ruined it with the paint and decals and bogus liner/ chin strap... right?

**davejb** · 07-10-2011, 03:54 AM

The helmets real enough but everything else is bogus, perhaps you might like to point out the error of this dealers ways, its not worth $85 let alone $850

**Vegard T** · 07-10-2011, 01:48 PM

by GIZMO8Z

Here is a helmet I found at a pawn shop for $850. Luckily the man working the shop allowed me to take pictures.

Unless I'm mistaken... the steel pot itself is real, but someone ruined it with the paint and decals and bogus liner/ chin strap... right?

Very interesting, it was used post-war by the Norwegian army(The liner is dyed redish and look at the type of paint on the liner). It was then overpainted by some jerk and fake decals were put on. So that helmet has 3 layers of paint, meaning you will have to go through 2 layers to get to the original color. I would say it's worth about 60-80 $.