Heer Para helmet

[all1knew]

Hello all,

I know the odds are slim as I've never even seen anything like it but came across this one and wanted to know it it had a chance. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and all opinions are welcome!

William Kramer

[Dean]

William, this decal looks like pigeon head.

[M38]

This one is bad from the ground up. Nothing is real.

Cheers,
Terry

[all1knew]

thanks all. Anyone have a closeup photo that is clear of a pigeonhead decal for reference in this thread?

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Hi William, this one really does stink!! The tri-colour is completely mis-matched in it's dimensions and as the other guys have said the adler is a complete duck! If your planning a chute jump soon do not plonk this one on the "ol noddle"!! Leon.

[timothy]

I don't know which is worse the Pidgeon head fake Heer decal or the old "bat head"fake army and navy buckle that floated around the mid 70's gun show's once in a while you can see one posted there is one on the buckle thread. timothy

[FJR6]

If this helmet was the genuine thing, what unit/units in the Heer would have been jump trained? The only ones I can think of off the top of my head were the the Brandenburgers as a possibility?

[Jerry B]

If this helmet was the genuine thing, what unit/units in the Heer would have been jump trained? The only ones I can think of off the top of my head were the the Brandenburgers as a possibility?

The Heer had paras before the war but they were all transferred to the luftwaffe.

The helmet is a complete fake of course.

[FJR6]

Ah ok, thanks Jerry that was something I wasn't aware of but does nicely explain a photo I saw recently!

It is a shame there are so many fake helmets out there these days. I have a repro which far from exact I will never be able to afford the real thing so it keeps me happy having it as part of my collection knowing the likeness isn't a million miles away!

Thanks for the info

Jon