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01-10-2023 11:38 AM
# ADS
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If the maker cannot be verified it can be dangerous to buy it from photos alone. They do very good damaged fake decals. The fakes I have seen do exhibit a modern print when looked at with a loupe.
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Schwerpunkt
If the maker cannot be verified it can be dangerous to buy it from photos alone. They do very good damaged fake decals. The fakes I have seen do exhibit a modern print when looked at with a loupe.
Thanks for the opinion, i am not sure either- are there any chance to identify helmet judging from the shape of the vent holes? I personally can't pin point the exact manufacturer could be Quist/ NS/ ET? Out of curiosity- are there any aproximate timeframe when the germans did stop to assemble M40 helmets at the factory with aluminium M31 liners?
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Oberschutze
Thanks for the opinion, i am not sure either- are there any chance to identify helmet judging from the shape of the vent holes? I personally can't pin point the exact manufacturer could be Quist/ NS/ ET? Out of curiosity- are there any aproximate timeframe when the germans did stop to assemble M40 helmets at the factory with aluminium M31 liners?
Assuming the liner is original to the helmet , I believe Quist used them till 1943 even.
Others stopped earlier , I have a 1940 dated alu liner in an ET and a 1939 dated one in an NS M40.
Had an EF M40 as well.
But it would be dangerous to guesstimate the maker and assume the decal is right for it.
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Schwerpunkt
Assuming the liner is original to the helmet , I believe Quist used them till 1943 even.
Others stopped earlier , I have a 1940 dated alu liner in an ET and a 1939 dated one in an NS M40.
Had an EF M40 as well.
But it would be dangerous to guesstimate the maker and assume the decal is right for it.
Still a lot of useful information from Your answer- thank You. I will probably pass on it. All i know that the seller actually was buying or tried to buy a helmet in Russia from website- it was actually seized by russian customs officials together with other ww2 relics. He had tried to sell several helmets in relic condition with decals.
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I don't really like the condition of the liner and chinstrap, compared to the metal. Something just doesn't sit right with me on those. Usually, ground found leather is jet black and shriveled.
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RustyRelics
I don't really like the condition of the liner and chinstrap, compared to the metal. Something just doesn't sit right with me on those. Usually, ground found leather is jet black and shriveled.
With few exceptions, here is a helmet found by my comrade M42 Stahlhelm ND, with owners initials 2 - but for most of the time- it is indeed very dark, and as it was said "black" like tar.
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