SSH39 Helmet for sale : red flags ?

[Helmcollector]

Dear collective wissdom,
for a while I am looking for an original complete wartime Russian SSH39 helmet as I have 2 relic ssh39 in my possession from 'stalingrad front'.
So I wonder if there are red flags here....I read on the forum that you can even buy stamps to mimic the real stars...
The seller asks 895 euro. A nice price but last thing I want is the hapiness about a low price and discovering later on that some items on the helmet are fake..
Thanks in advance !

[Marcel Banziger]

Paint on rust is never a good sign.

[AndyM35]

SSch39 helmet

[Jack59]

Hello, photos are not high resolution, they should be for an helmet of that price. Why don't we see the batch number cold stamp? The size & year stamping seems suspect.
Have a look at World War Helmets for more details:
World War Helmets - Casque Ssh 39

Jack]

[Eschborn]

hello, it doesn't tell me anything good, seems to be a modified VZ53 and this kind of marking is often used on copies.

[pupapup]

I agree on it being a postwar Czech fake. Also I’m not certain on this part, but aren’t SSH-39s with a 1939 date stamp all fingered liners made from leather or gralex? I believe the round cloth liner first appeared in 1940. Only authentic exceptions I’ve seen are the few that were refurbished between the Finnish war and WWII, 20+ years ago the guys at Ostfront got their hands on some of them and sold them, along with some refurbished SSh36s also. Is Mike B from Ostfront still on here sometimes? I’d love to hear that story again. Kevin

[MAP]

Paint on rust is never a good sign.

Yup. Paint over the rust. Not good.

[Helmcollector]

Thanks everyone for the replies !
I thought I saw no paint over the rust, but it will be my colourblindness (daltonism) that plays tricks with me...
Here is the original url to the helmet for sale, although I know it's only temporary.

≥ WW2 Russische SSH39 helm met ster — Militaria | Tweede Wereldoorlog — Marktplaats

[Verikauha]

I believe it's orginal, but the red star has been re-painted. Red part enhanced on top of original washed off star.
Especially lower right part is newly painted.

Rust-line follows the decal corners. Pic from website.


New paint area.

[pupapup]

Another way to determine the authenticity of a 1939-dated shell is have the seller send you a picture of the distance between the brim and table surface. 1939 and early 1940 should be 1.5 inches or 4cm. Starting in mid-1940 should be 1 inch or 2.5 cm. The one in this post looks too low to me.

Kevin