M35 dd tan camo urgent thoughts please
Walk away...
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Contrived.
I will say one thing. The number of camo helmets surfacing is crazy and highly concerning. While this is not one, the quality of some of these camo fakes has reached levels that are way beyond all but the top experts in the field. Just this week I have seen two that I would have sworn were legitimate but after high quality analysis were exposed.
One day soon, very soon I think, they will finally perfect their witchcraft.....
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
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It's a no, the colour is incorrect and the decals are fake. I'm sorry to say this, but if you really want a good cammo you are going to have to pay top dollar at one of the respected dealer sites such as SS-STEEL. All of the ones you are posting are one look fakes and that's probably why the asking price is so good! There are also several published books that will show you what to look out for when considering buying a cammo, get those and you would instantly pass lids like this by. Leon.
Sadly you are "spot on" Michael, I have owned good cammo's over the years, but I cannot be bothered with them anymore. You have to go through 100 crappy fakes before finding a good one and even then others may not agree with you. It's just no longer worth the fuss unless you can get one with either a rock solid provenance or an "owners history" going back 60 or 70 years. Leon.by MAP
Junk unfortunetly, stay away from this one.
Is that latex house paint?? Even if not, wow...that is an Ugly fake. Definitely a one look screamer.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
very poor indeed, more like a reenactors lid.
I agree entirely. I do not specialise in helmets but I do like them and have a few nice examples in my collection that I am 100% happy with (due in no small measure to assistance from the membership here) so I find it very scary and extremely off-putting when I see the many very attractive "camo" helmets around. To me the main problem is that most cammo was "applique" done in the field, often by hand and therefore by definition unique. So, authentication can never be a precise science without techniques and knowledge bordering on the forensic. For just these reasons I don't bother with them either lest I become beguilled by an excellent fake which ironically was likely a perfectly collectible item before the crook got his hands on it. I do fear that eventually as confidence is eroded amongst collectors and it become harder to authenticate such pieces the market will suffer and values will fall accordingly.
Maybe "the writing is on the wall "as the saying goes.
Regards
Mark
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