"Elaborating" on a helmet is more complicated than you may believe. Also, every collector looks at different things, and typically advanced collectors do not like to share all their knowledge and expertise in an open forum for obvious reasons. In addition, the same questions are asked over and over and over again and I think many get tired of repeating themselves.

If you want to get the "basics" of SS helmets, I strongly recommend "SS Steel" by Kelly Hicks. After reading this, you will not only have a better understanding of original SS helmets, but also why it is impossible for members to elaborate more in these posts. While SS decals appear quite simple, the whole area of SS helmets is probably the most complicated of all German helmet collecting.

When I refer to Czech repros, it was with a little bit of sarcasm as we now see Czech collectors facing the same problems of forgeries that U.S. collectors faced 5-7 years ago with the huge influx of Czech made reproductions that hit the market at that time.

Erik

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