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02-24-2010 08:32 PM
# ADS
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
It looks like it lied in a puddle of water that could explain the rusty markings on it...
cheers,
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
far more damage around the decal area than on the rest of the helmet and some of the paint looks heat blistered , and a paint run unside the helmet by the liner pin hole ???????????????
ill reserve my personal desition on it
becouse im not an expert on these things
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
Hi and welcome to the forum!
Sorry, I don't believe any of the paint inside or out, is original to the helmet from WW2. The SS runes should also be black, not silver.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
looks like its repainted to be used as a cooking pot or just to heat water in hence the heat damage ????
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
Somehow it doesn't look right...
The heatblisters and the weird color on top of it caused bij waterdamage or heat...
cheers,
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
Sorry, I can't ad any other information, that's all. The second one I purchased from the same stack of helmets had the same color, but was much more damaged by corrosion. I cleand him up completely and made a display replica (not aged) out of it.
This is how it looked before cleaning:
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
notice the same kind of discoloring at the top of this helmet... it looks like they have been bathing for a while...
cheers,
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
are there any markings inside of the helmets??
cheers,
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Re: Very unusual color on M42
I notice, I've been a bit unclear. All pictures above show helmet #1.
About the discoloring on the top: Imagine a hole in the ground were a dozend or so troopers droped anything in, they wanted to get rid of before surrendering. If civilian colthes were available to them, even their uniforms...
In this case several helmets were droped as a stack into the hole (dome downwards). Other stuff was dropped around and (maybe indeed after leting it burn for some time...) the hole was closed with earth. Due to this the helmet in the stack below my helmet #1 filled up with water to some extend. The water dryed away slowly causing several stages of discoloring up to black where the helmet stayed in (then most probably rotten...) water for the longest time.
Sorry, can't explain it better in english...
This is helmet #2
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