I'm at a auction viewing these thoughts please

**Pauls1970** · 12-12-2018, 10:53 PM

Glad you've still got your money, feel sorry for whoever bought these. Don't they say 'no such thing as a free lunch' ?
Regards
Paul

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-12-2018 10:53 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**BrodieBartfast** · 12-12-2018, 10:59 PM

'A fool and his money are soon parted.'

B.B.

**real steel** · 12-12-2018, 11:26 PM

by mar0367

Just wanted to add a update ,both helmets sold at auction , they made £800 each

That's criminal. Well for the camo SS anyway. The FJ....the shell & liner are original IMO. Even the paint looks right. So maybe worth $2K ??
D.

**Anderson** · 12-12-2018, 11:43 PM

I think people wanting to offload dodgy stuff like auctions as they are usually briefly advertised, not particularly well photographed and there is a time issue that makes potential buyers pressured to make a decision.
The "SS" lid looks very much like the repro camo creations a certain well know American dealer advertise (as reproductions). The SS were so well supplied with cloth camo helmet covers from 1939, why bother to paint a helmet?

**real steel** · 12-12-2018, 11:48 PM

SS camos are almost non existent. I have known of maybe 6 accepted originals. The patterns were subdued...rather unattractive. Nothing "flashy" as we see on a heer or luft from the period.

Anderson...even the slightest amount of research would alert a buyer that any SS helmet starts at $2500. That would be one in minimal condition. So, it's sort of "sad..is that the right word ?" that $800 whatever was spent on this. Total waste.
D.

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 12-13-2018, 07:50 AM

Well left! The SS is terrible and if indeed the Fallschirmjager helmet does have good parts, it is a shame that it was further ruined by the addition of the fake decal. Leon.

**HoundsTooth** · 12-13-2018, 09:25 AM

I've seen these SS camo / wire helmets at shows and online - they are terrible. In most cases they were being sold cheap in the recognition that they were put together.
It's a shame someone has parted with so much money for this one. 10 minutes of research would probably of been enough to avert this.
Nick

**mar0367** · 12-13-2018, 09:47 AM

Thanks for all the comments ,if nothing it's been a great talking point ,there was also a ss peeked cap that looked terrible very poorly made that made £2500 I will try and get a pick of it and post here for your thoughts
Thanks all
Mark

**mar0367** · 12-13-2018, 10:00 AM

Here are the pics of the cap that sold for £2400

**paulscoot** · 12-13-2018, 02:09 PM

From my phone the cap eagle is an army type (Not so unusual on an SS cap) and the skull looks like it could be a good RZM 52 ! Might be worth posting this in the headgear section out of interest,Regards Paul