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04-19-2020 11:39 PM
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I have no expertise on SS helmets. However, I think the damage may have been done deliberately to destroy it's reuse. I have seen photos of helmets being "decommissioned" so to speak by whacking them with a pick-axe. NH
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My first thought was also a helmet that’s been ‘pick-axed’. More common with Imperial helmets, but not unheard of for WWII examples.
Close-ups of the decals would be required for our resident experts to make a call one way or another.
Regards, B.B.
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Those are not real decals in my opinion.
Cheers,
Terry
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I am sorry but I have to agree with Terry. Jim G.
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If you are considering an SS helmet make sure to get maker and lot number and in the same breath good decal close ups, sometimes just cross referencing them with production tables I just put up on the SS decals page on my website can already help you with a decision.
Canted decals are mostly observed on ckl M42’s , just an application error.
Like Terry and Jim I do not like these decals.
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M38
Those are not real decals in my opinion.
Cheers,
Terry
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helmet2id
I am sorry but I have to agree with Terry. Jim G.
+1 from me also - the proportions of the runes and shield are wrong IMO.
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I cannot comment on the decals, as I have never bothered to study them, but the holes are more likely than not, to be battle damage. It is not the work of a pick-axe... a pick-axe only delivers a low velocity strike and the metal is bent inwards.
Cheers,
Steve
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Agree with Steve that the cracks on the crown are similar to those inflicted by blast/shrapnel rather than a pick axe.
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