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need help on this helmet at a museum
need some help from the experts here who even might have seen this helmet
I posted this picture of a helmet that is in the museum in Moscow on a FB page asking what was it due to the color and after I posted it I realized the color was from some kind of light because the hat about it has that color.
Now im in a argument with with some people saying its fake,its a M42 with a tricolor decal so that proves its fake.
Does any one know anything about this helmet?
sorry the picture is sideways.Cant get it to correct
Last edited by rbminis; 01-17-2021 at 01:31 AM.
Reason: Edited to orient photo.
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01-17-2021 12:01 AM
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Post War repaint so the decals are not period applied and are probably reproductions. The shell does not look like an M42 to me, I think it is an M40. Jim G.
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While the lighting may have slightly changed the color, the visor you referenced does actually have yellow piping. It is for either a Signals or Cavalry Officer.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._copyright.jpg
I agree with Jim on the helmet. Post war. Just because it is in a museum, doesn't automatically make it original. In fact, museums are rife with fake items.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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Color wise , not one seen before. Close ups would help.
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I took the picture from a video on the museum in Russia.To me it seems odd with all the 3rd reich stuff this museum has it would put up a refurbished helmet on display.Since Im just a novice in this hobby,being wrong is easy to be
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Even though this is a museum exhibit, someone who has no knowledge of Third Reich artefacts might have put the display together, hence why there is a strange coloured helmet there.
On the subject of lighting -
Lighting can create the atmosphere of a museum or gallery and it can draw attention to some of the most intriguing items on display there. In a museum, however, light also means damage. Dyes and pigments fade when exposed to light, even at low levels, and the effects are cumulative.
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MAP
While the lighting may have slightly changed the color, the visor you referenced does actually have yellow piping. It is for either a Signals or Cavalry Officer.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._copyright.jpg
I agree with Jim on the helmet. Post war. Just because it is in a museum, doesn't automatically make it original. In fact, museums are rife with fake items.
What book did your link come from if you know?
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SimonSorenKam
What book did your link come from if you know?
Just google "WW2 German Waffenfarbe". That is how I found the photo. I know I have another example in one of my books, but this is quicker and easier.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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Museums have before and will again display items that are reproductions - sometimes as fillers, sometimes in ignorance.
Remember that many of their ( paying ) patrons are the "great unwashed" who OOH and AHH at anything resembling originality......
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
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thanks for the comments.Still would like to find out more about it
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