I recently purchased a cheap M42 helmet shell as a restoration project. It came poorly gloss black, unfortunately the original paint stripped underneath. I purchased the helmet in Denmark, so expected the black to be related to being repurposed, but the inside of the helmet was not painted. I have been looking at the Lot info in the Bill Ice book, and seeing the one other helmet identified from M42 EF66 Lot 1280, listed as a DD police helmet, so plan on make it a tribute to its lot brother.
So today, I started stripping the crappy paint off ready to get the shell ready for a proper restoration. I noticed (most likely coincidental and wishful thinking) the darkened shape of what looks like the locations of the old shield shaped decals.
But here is to what everyone wants to see, pictures!
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