my Iraqi helmet

[James C]

Tom i still cant say for certain if your insignia is genuine or not but i can throw it out there on other specific iraqi forums if you like for its appraisal

[desert camo]

Hi Opex and James,

thanks for your replies,

no problem to put my pics on an other forum James.

cheers
Tom

[Opex]

Hi James, I have a few of these models with red biro, and pretty sure that some have blue/black biro Arabic script in them too, however I agree with your comments about staying clear of some Iraqi helmets as they could be embellished with fantasy markings I suppose ( think of all the M1 helmets flooding the market a few years back , after Saving private Ryan!!)

Gary

[James C]

gary here is my recent bad experiance so buyer beware ,i sold this plain m 90 relic on ebay ,a week later it was being sold on by the same buyer/seller as republican guard m90 ,it really peeved me off i can tell you ,i made £25 the mark up was closer to £100 for playing around with it ,how many people are shelling out there hard earned money for worthless crap ,i notice there are a few republican guard /iraqi helmets at a buy it now at the moment on ebay uk

[Redstalker]

A lot of naughty people out there defacing history

[James C]

exactly ian ,quite a convincing insignia dont you think mate but my pre and post 91 in fact post 2014 photographs speak a thousand words

[Opex]

Absolutely disgraceful, I too would have been very annoyed , more so as someone probably bought this model in good faith, I am not surprised though as this is a "good" way to make a profit...even though it is on the highest scale of dishonesty...shame on the seller for his/her actions.

I have repainted a few helmets from my collection over the years, purely for my own gratification, however I would be honest in my description stating the helmet had had a re-paint if I decided to sell it on!!

In conclusion your statement about being wary of buying these models, is clearly justified, and thank you James for raising this ongoing "fakery" issue.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks for the heads up James. Name and shame.

[James C]

Thanks gary and ade ,just thought id highlight the problem tom the original poster of this thread has mentioned the seller in question

[James C]

republican guard insignia helmet's are few and far between so for one seller to have so many to sell seems a bit odd