M35 DD Heer battledamage

[Ulke]

hi guys
hope someone can help me
I can buy this m35 helmet shell, but I don't know if the decals are good, and can it be seen from the shine that it is an early one?
hope someone can help me
Greetings Ulke

[Danmark]

Shell is all good but someone has clear coated it with lacquer or enamel. Good intent, but it has lost some collector value because of it....

[MAP]

Has some relic like qualities to it. Namely the heavy pitting on the vent grommet.

Interesting as I've never ver seen someone varnish a relic helmet.

[Rescue190]

The battle damage also does not look real to me. Could be just a coating of oil.
John

[Ulke]

thank you Danmark
I really thought it would be an early apple green, but now I think you're absolutely right
greetings Ulke

[Ulke]

thank you MAP
It indeed has a lot of pitting, I have also found a few M35s but in worse condition than this one, often the popped rings are away from the ventilation holes, but this one indeed has a relic appearance

[Ulke]

thank you John
It looks like it has had a ricochet or something like that above the Heer decal
greetings Ulke

[Helmcollector]

Ulke, what is a ricochet ? Thanks.

[Ulke]

if, for example, a bullet or shrapnel does not pass through the projectile
Greetings

[Adrian]

Ulke, what is a ricochet ? Thanks.

Noun:

the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.

verb (used without object),ric·o·cheted [rik-uh-sheyd, rik-uh-sheyd], ric·o·chet·ing [rik-uh-shey-ing, rik-uh-shey-ing] or (especially British) ric·o·chet·ted [rik-uh-shet-id], ric·o·chet·ting [rik-uh-shet-ing].
to move by rebounding or deflecting from a surface, as a projectile.

In this case the bullet glanced off or was deflected off the surface of the helmet.