Good or bad camo

[Tank Destroyer]

I saw this camo at the Birmingham gun show last Sat. Lighting in the show was not the best. The seller is from Atlanta and I asked him to send me pictures this is all i have. What say you on the helmet, good or bad. I really not feel good about it.

[SteveR]

Post war camo paint with some contrived scratches friend.

[HARRY THE MOLE]

Its best left in Atlanta. Not good paint at all.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Not good at all!...

[Tank Destroyer]

The guy gave a guarantee but I still wanted to see outside pictures. I agree I don't like the camo wear or really much about it now.

[Walkwolf]

A shame because without the green paint, it looks
like a relatively decent helmet.........!

[timothy]

As stated modern paint someone could possibly remove carefully the green paint and it looks like a decent helmet without it I have seen worse come back to life. timothy

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

A definite no go cammo, I hope the sellers guarantee was a double your money back, then it would be worth it! Leon.

[Tank Destroyer]

Part of the email response sent back response me after I was concerned about the helmet. Any thoughts? Marty

the helmet originally came from Geogio Spadero of
Italian war Front - he is a well known collector
and a dealer but primarily a collector.

It was briefly on Mike Davis's virtualgrenadier.com and vetted
by Mike who is very careful before putting it on the site.

I just brought the helmet down and looked at it with
a loop in good light. While it is in good shape here are the tell-tale
small chips, scores and scratches on top of the bowl where the
helmet skidded across the ground. The small skid marks
have the proper age and patina and do not
all all look like they've been put there atificially.

while camo helmets were used in combat
Some are in pretty nice shape and not
all dogged out. I've seen some
real clean camos over the years
but not that often actually.

[Tank Destroyer]

Full profile - THIS ITEM IS SOLD

Heer M42 dual color camo helmet, shell marked ckl66, liner bands dated 1943, leather liner is complete but somewhat dry and worn at the edges, drawstring is present, chinstrap is complete and full length but worn, pins show no sign of molestation and all have their washers, the rearmost pin is a little loose, factory field grey finish is brush overpainted in camouflage of medium brown with irregular splotches of green, brown paint has a matte appearance while green paint has a more shiny finish, overall paint coverage is over 90% with most of the wear being to the top, as expected, there are no signs of a decal, atypical example, USD $2250 SOLD