Doubtful camo

**Willmore** · 12-17-2019, 01:42 PM

Hello all,

I bought this m42 helmet at a local market for £35, I could see the shell was original (ckl66?) but had been over painted with a thick brush applied layer of black.
I was curious what was under the black paint because I could see what I thought was camouflage paint poking through ar several points.

I took the helmet to the Stoneleigh Militaria fair and it was 50/50 on whether it was original, BUT the go to guy said it was a no, he thought the camo was a re-enactment job.

Any and all comments, opinions are welcome, good or bad, so do you guys think?

P.s either way I’m quite happy because I think it’s quite a sweet looking piece ha ha ha.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-17-2019 01:42 PM

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**Willmore** · 12-17-2019, 01:46 PM

The photo with the ‘name’ and ‘unit’ appears to be hand painted on top of he original grey green paint.

**Neil Hever** · 12-17-2019, 02:01 PM

The amateur name and division marking is surely re-enactor applied - so a red flag. NH

**helmet2id** · 12-17-2019, 02:02 PM

The runes are no good, and the paint is post War. I will leave comments on the name and unit marking to others. The shell is real and the price you paid was reasonable. A good one for reenacting or for a "shelf filler". Jim G.

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 12-17-2019, 02:27 PM

Hi, the "go to guy" was right, but to be honest the whole fair should have been able to call out this one. Bad runes , fake camo and terrible fake naming added to it, but as Jim says, for the money you did well, £35 is good in anyone's book. Leon.

**HoundsTooth** · 12-17-2019, 02:42 PM

The runes are obviously fake - if the camo is over the top of the runes, it must therefore also be fake.
But at that price, it is not a big issue.
nick

**Neil Hever** · 12-17-2019, 03:08 PM

I would have snapped up this shell for 35 to be sure. NH

**Adravor** · 12-17-2019, 03:24 PM

For 35 Pounds a great deal, a complete Helmet shell alone sells for arround 100 Euros in Germany.

**inka** · 12-17-2019, 03:34 PM

"Nordlanlan" ...

**Willmore** · 01-26-2020, 06:18 PM

The camo scheme wasn’t over the runes, if you look at the close up photo of the runes, it appears the area around them has been ‘cleaned’. That’s why I was wondering if someone tried to ‘dig out’ a decal, didn’t find one ‘added’ those runes then painted the whole thing black (apart from the runes) but it’s been established it’s a mock up and for the price I paid I’m happy,