Another two SS helmets authentic or rubish?

[Irish1965]

Hi guys, Just bought one and got anotherone offered. What do you think about these ones. There is one in desert camo. It would be the first one out of Africa since there was no WSS active there. But same camo could be used in Italy or Greece. So let me know what you think.

Nr. 1



And here is, let me call it Nr. 2.



Thx

[rbminis]

I think you should have posted them separately.
Be prepared for some confusion.
Ralph.

[Irish1965]

I just changed it. Thx for the tip.

[Schwerpunkt]

You should post maker and lot number of both , the second one is a clear fake the first one probably as well but need more info to confirm.
If you have not paid thousands you will already know

[Irish1965]

I got the second one cheap. The camo one, I was offered, but I will decline. Thx for that. I'm curious how you could tell that they are fakes. I tried to studie the decall end the rust pattern like a CSI agent. Where did I go wrong? Of course the numbers rusted away. That should maybe a give-away. On number 1 there is a number to be seen. 5 22. That's all I have at the moment.

[Schwerpunkt]

I got the second one cheap. The camo one, I was offered, but I will decline. Thx for that. I'm curious how you could tell that they are fakes. I tried to studie the decall end the rust pattern like a CSI agent. Where did I go wrong? Of course the numbers rusted away. That should maybe a give-away. On number 1 there is a number to be seen. 5 22. That's all I have at the moment.

You got to know how the Original designs looked like , a loupe does not help there if you do not know what you need to see.
Anf you need to know what design is found on what maker.
And with M42's you need to take the decal drop date into account , that is where the lot number comes handy.

SS helmets are never cheap. That is already a red flag.