Kriegsmarine decal ?

**master mechanic** · 05-29-2009, 12:43 PM

i have several helmets that i beleive are Kriegsmarine. i think that i finaly figured out the difference. the Kriegsmarine decal under a loop glass has gold leaf and the border is all around the eagle. this is one i have for sale but i dont want to make a mistake. what your opinions? thanks in advance.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 05-29-2009 12:43 PM

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**John Brandon** · 05-29-2009, 02:01 PM

Looks a good one to me. I can see the gold flakes you would expect to see, be interested to see what others think

**master mechanic** · 05-29-2009, 02:12 PM

i have also noticed that the layers are different between heer and Kriegsmarine

**j dubbel** · 05-29-2009, 02:29 PM

hi

nice decalls but whats whit that rivet on the heeres lid

**John Brandon** · 05-29-2009, 02:35 PM

by jacob dubbel

hi

nice decalls but whats whit that rivet on the heeres lid

Parade helmet i would think. and I maybe sticking my neck out, but it looks like a private purchase decal?
Just try to remember that it is the lacquer that turns most decals a golden colour, and a lot of people get confused between a toned Heer,and a true KM.

**master mechanic** · 05-29-2009, 02:36 PM

i got the heer decal from a popular helmet site for example(it,s not mine) the km belongs to me

**j dubbel** · 05-29-2009, 02:39 PM

got a link as i would like to see the whole lid

**DougB** · 05-29-2009, 03:37 PM

The decal appears to be a toned Heer decal.

Here for comparison is a known good KM decal off a recent pick-up of mine, a DD M35 KM helmet. I am not on my home computer so I went to GHW forum and took these pics off so if anyone wants to see the entire thread it is located here;

Kriegsmarine Double Decal M35 ET62 - German Helmet Walhalla

I would expect a deeper gold and seeing a definite border to the gold overlay as seen in the picture with the flash glare to better expose the gold overlay border.

The gold should also be quite a bit deeper in tone.

That all being said, I am a tad rushed as I am doing this on the fly from work, and pics taken under a loupe may be quite a bit washed out in color and contrast.

(The Deaths Head is my watermark, that is not part of the real decal).
I will pop in to this thread later and have a closer look

Cheers
Doug