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07-07-2012 09:48 AM
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
Your probably right there Dan, if it were a bring back it could have been jazzed up by alittle target practice. Nothing like a battle damaged helmet to bring home to the kids.
Jason
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
Nice one Dan, they look like hits from a .45 to me so I would say target practice was a good theory
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
Thanks guys, you can still see the lead smear from the slugs! ( didn't show up well in the photos but sure does in real life )
You can almost hear the bragging ...... " look what I did to this lousy kraut..... Kablooey, that'll teach 'em to mess with uncle sam!!!"
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
The decal was probably painted over in the field to conform with the late war order to halt application of the decal. A nice little beat up lid ya got.
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
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Danmark
Thanks guys, you can still see the lead smear from the slugs! ( didn't show up well in the photos but sure does in real life )
You can almost hear the bragging ...... " look what I did to this lousy kraut..... Kablooey, that'll teach 'em to mess with uncle sam!!!"
Or maybe- "I came all this way, hung out in England for months and months, and I never even saw a lousy Kraut- had to trade for this lousy helmet... I'll show it who's boss!" (blam, blam) LOL
It's pretty neat to be able to nail down the source of the deformations- I have an Fallschirmjager shell with battle damage too from multiple directions and luckily a couple are distinctive enough to see the size and shape of the shell splinters that caused the dents...
Ohhhhh- pillage then burn...
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Re: M42 battle? damaged helmet
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ww2relicsandcollectables
if you see anything of intrest on my site make me an offer i need to get rid of the lot..out with the old in with the new..
Thanks Wayne ........ and I DID!!!!!!!!!!!! ( but I can't buy everything ) ha, ha!
Dan
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