M40 Desert Camo Helmet

**Victory Museum** · 12-22-2017, 11:53 AM

Hi,

Some pictures of my new helmet:

Thanks for looking!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 12-22-2017 11:53 AM

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**Danmark** · 12-22-2017, 09:12 PM

Did you pay very much for it...?

**MAP** · 12-22-2017, 09:26 PM

Nice photos but like Dan I do have some concerns. I don't like the shade of underlying "DAK Pink" which is not right to my eyes and the top tan looks very fresh to me.

One I would want to see in hand.

Camo's are a mine field. And 10 out of 10 people with have different opinions.

Sorry, but just my opinion. And I can be totally wrong.

**FALLSCHIRMJAGER** · 12-22-2017, 10:01 PM

Hi, always hard to be certain from images on a computer, I quite like the underlying tan, but the newer layer does look a bit off to me as well. Please don't take our criticisms the wrong way, in hand and in natural daylight it may well look correct, but I would like to see some good high resolution images of the paintwork before I "nailed" my flag to the mast. Leon.

**Walkwolf** · 12-23-2017, 07:41 AM

Looks like some sort of round shape decal is - or was - under the paintwork.........

**Anderson** · 12-23-2017, 08:02 AM

"Looks like some sort of round shape decal is - or was - under the paintwork.."

Yeah I can see that, makes me think of the "Nationalist Chinese" badge, but I don't know if they got M40's.

What's the provenance of this one? Recently acquired or what?

**Victory Museum** · 12-23-2017, 11:37 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the comments!

I bought from a friend who will deliver me soon.

Already a few years ago he bought it from Bob (Robert Iqbal) of Collector to Collector.

As soon as I receive it I will take new photos.

**Victory Museum** · 12-29-2017, 08:33 PM

Hi,

I received the helmet, but I can not put the new photos by cellphone ...

The helmet is an SE64.

**RGD51** · 12-30-2017, 11:58 PM

My initial vibe is not very good as to it being an authentic desert camo. The circular insig painted over on both sides are a bit strange too. The Chinese Nats got early M35’s and their insig was on left side. That underlying dark paint creates a headscratch too. So far, more questions than answers.

Robt.