German K.I.A helmet

[odessa1]

I don't know, does this look like blood on the helmet, kinda looks like it ran down underneath the liner band? just for thought, thanks!

[Wagriff]

Hard to say for definite, but it does look like it Could be blood rot, as even the drawstring is discolored.

[Lidman]

Hard to say for definite, but it does look like it Could be blood rot, as even the drawstring is discolored.

Agreed, hard to say for sure, but it's a possibility.

Brad.

[TrondK]

Take a sample and go to the doctors offise. ask if they can test it to see if it is blood.

[StefanM]

Forensics use ultraviolet light to find blood at crime scenes.

[Danmark]

....... or just some sort of oil dried out. ( seeing as it goes up and over the liner edges )

[Glenn66]

I think it is the remains of oil used to try and restore the liner.

[TheGoon]

Agreed with the oil and it looks like it's still sticky because the lint looks like it's sticking to it

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

....... or just some sort of oil dried out. ( seeing as it goes up and over the liner edges )

I see what you mean but the oil/blood is only staining one side of the steel, as if it were on it's side for a while when the "incident" occurred! Obviously from these images alone I cannot say one way or the other but I would not rule out blood damage. Leon.

[Feuerbach]

Nah, I dont think it is blood. I had a few lids that I dugg up that were 100 procent KIA and it din't look like this. Dried up blood on the inside of a helmet doesn't look like this after 70 years. I have had helmets with pieces of skull and hair stuck inside and none of them looked like this. To me this looks like oil or grease.