unusual m42

[waffenrock42]

hello everyone. today i came across an unusual m42. It was stamped with Q66 but it had riveted airvents instead of stamped airvents is this possible? i passed it up but if it turns out to be good i can always go back to the shop and buy it. The liner and paint looked good to me but i noticed the airvent and they were definantly riveted and it had a flared edge. could this be a post war modification or something completley different. all help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

[militarymania]

pics would be most helpful here,,,the m-35 had bushings as the air vents so maybe this is what you have encountered,,,no m-42's to my knowledge ever had bushings/rivets for air vents;they were punched straight out and a small "donut" of metal was formed in the process to give the hole a smooth,contoured look...

[waffenrock42]

pics would be most helpful here,,,the m-35 had bushings as the air vents so maybe this is what you have encountered,,,no m-42's to my knowledge ever had bushings/rivets for air vents;they were punched straight out and a small "donut" of metal was formed in the process to give the hole a smooth,contoured look...

this was definantly an m42 it had the flared edges and had all the markings of a regular m42 but had definant riveted air vents

[Adrian Stevenson]

We need to see some pics here. Never seen or heard of such a beast.

My only possible explanation is an unfinished M35 which never had the edge rolled over and which has since been completed by a collector post war. But as I said, we really need pics.

Cheers, Ade.

[DougB]

Agreed, some pics are needed, even cellphone pics.

[Rommel1942]

I've not heard of this, hopefully you will be able to get pics. As Doug said, even crappy cellphone pics will do, we just need an idea.

[LAS VEGAS]

Yea its odd, i know that the se factory helmets have an outwardly stamped airvent that looks like the m35 insertted vent,lv