M42 sd luftwaffe helmet camo

[Tomww2]

I am interested in buying this luftwaffe sd camo helmet but I am not sure of its originality if anyone could help me that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Tom

[Hill]

The shell itself and the liner are original. I cannot comment on the decal and camo.

Hill

[Schwerpunkt]

The photos are really bad to make an assessment. I would leave it where it is based on these.
Decal can't be authenticated , unnatural camo paint wear.

[Tomww2]

Thanks for the replys will try to get some better pictures from the seller and what looks unnatural according to you? Mainly wondering to avoid those types of helmets in the future.

[Schwerpunkt]

Thanks for the replys will try to get some better pictures from the seller and what looks unnatural according to you? Mainly wondering to avoid those types of helmets in the future.

Knowing what to look out for with camo's is a work of years not just by photos but in hand , studying basic helmet wear and tear , patina , what was done what not.
The first thing here is the decal , you need to authenticate it first , if the decal is fake it is already game over.
For me the wear and blistering in the last photo looks off , also hard to say if the paint has patina from these photos. Strange discoloration around the decal.
Even if better photos give more credence to it being an original camo it's still not one I'd advise to purchase.

[Jack59]

I yould suggest that the decal is perhaps original & has been painted over at some time. Somebody tried to removed the paint from it, ended with a disastrous result.

[Adravor]

The pictures are, horrible. My theory based on these ones would be - messed with camo, as someone tried to "free" the likely overpainted decal, thus creating this washed out, scrubbed look. Is the Camo Original? I cant tell by these pictures, i see a decent amount of wear, but that can be faked. To auntenticate we need better pictures.

[Tomww2]

hereby some hopefully better pictures