From our friend and colleague "another ant"
It is a pleasure to see you again on the forum Dos.
the answer to your concerns is the same as the other Berlin Hoard variant.
"It is authentic mid-late war made of zinc in the mold of the Berlin Hoard 2nd type with very little chance of having been worn by an SS (only tombac there was no aluminum of this type and only early black caps, I have shown some images above in this thread), the zinc ones were made in the mid-late made for werhmacht cavalry units.
Here I show some examples in zinc, yours is authentic with the characteristics that you have already mentioned, the striations and rust on the teeth and look like they replaced the prongs or were improvised, an authentic last ditch skull."
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