SS Stahlhelm Hand Camo.

**RON** · 03-10-2011, 05:50 PM

Hello everyone,
Pretty excited to have joined and many thanks for having me!
I've been collecting German Militaria for a while now, both wars.
I bought the enclosed single-decal SS Stahlhelm back in the early 90s from a reputed seller in a Montreal militaria show. He described it as an 'SS Hand-Camouflaged M1942 Stahlhelm'. The chinstrap was added from an M1940 Heer Stahlhelm for display purposes.
What do you think of it?

Cheers!
Ron

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-10-2011 05:50 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Schwerpunkt** · 03-10-2011, 06:43 PM

Sorry to say but this is a fantasy piece. Bad factory paint + bad decal + bad camo and liner.
You are lucky to have bought it in the nineties when SS gear was much less expensive than it is today.

**Paul D** · 03-10-2011, 07:09 PM

As SP says this is a totally made up helmet , really not one a good at all , hope you didn't pay much for it !!

regards

Paul

**cricketchris1944** · 03-10-2011, 07:22 PM

Like the other menbers have saided Sorry fake helmet.

Chris

**John Brandon** · 03-10-2011, 07:50 PM

Sorry Ron

It takes us no pleasure at all in telling you this

**RON** · 03-10-2011, 08:05 PM

Thank you gentlemen for your insight; although it hurts at least now I know...
I paid $350 (Canadian) back in 1989 (so I guess the equivalent of less than $250 US)...
So nothing at all is authentic in it (apart from the shell itself I guess which is probably Heer)?
Is it at least M1942?

**Schwerpunkt** · 03-10-2011, 08:55 PM

It's a post war overpainted original M42 shell. Only a decal will tell you to which branch a helmet belongs as all branches were issued the same shells.

No big loss of $$$ thankfully , just ditch it ;-)

**RON** · 03-10-2011, 09:33 PM

Thanks for the clarification. I always thought it was too good to be true.
But what's that liner in it? (it is different from the usual Heer liners and has the size punctured in it...)