UBB.threads Forums Uniform & Accessories Helmet Forum VERY nervous - could it be ??? SS - decal ...

First the story behind this helmet ;

Found this morning at an antique market here in Amsterdam . My usual reaction is ( sorry ) to DISREGARD such a decal completely , since every second helmet offered here has one ( added yesterday , that is ! ). Decal rather glossy , and not even put on perfectly straight .

And even though the helmet itself shows moisture damage - paintblisters all over the backside - the price was fair for a usable liner .

When I took a closer look at it at home , I started to get a little nervous - this decal wasn't THAT bad at all .. Tiny veins of rust underneath , and at the small damage in corner . Not an overnight job .

Going over pics on GDC , I got more nervous - it doesn't seem to match the repro's I found so far , only one that was described as a " high end fake " . [ For this , please see the pic I added to the pinned thread " Fake Decal Archive "] So what is a high end fake doing on a helmet that I paid the liner's worth for ? Unless ... ?!

I realize all too well that this kind of thing could no longer happen in 2006 , so the forum is very welcome to put me out of my daydream !

Helmet ; M35 with M40 matt paint , green is darker than appears in pic. Notice the decal is slightly " slanted ".

Now for the moment of TRUTH .. Please help !

Fake Decal.

Sorry for the bad news. As Bryan says above, it's a reproduction SS decal.

Definately bad.

Caleb

Well , there goes the daydream ! Still , it was an exciting day , and those last moments of suspense were priceless - after all at no financial loss ..

Thank you all for helping me out !

I would of rolled the dice on it.

You would have rolled the dice on it? A little bit orf experience and research would have been better unless it was extremely cheap. Funny that you would "roll the dice" on a poor fake of an SS helmet but not on an obviously good SS dagger as posted in the forum cheers, Ryan

Ryan,Round 2 DING "THAT I PAID THE LINER WORTH FOR" I should have some more post tomorrow so get that dagger sharpened up.Wait don't do that because I think that ruins daggers,but I'm sure I'm wrong

not an overly bad decal, if the border had been thinner it would look more convincing.

Hey Zorro, did you miss round three cheers, Ryan P.S. I can't sharpen my daggers as I sold them all to Tom Whittman and Tom Johnson years ago, every last one of them. Talk to some of the guys on this forum, they will tell you the quality of the items that I sell. Paul "Lakesidetrader" bought a stone cold mint chained double proofed NSKK leaders dagger from me. Just one of many. " To first learn one must accept that there are others that know more than they do"

Ryan,You just do not remember round three because you got beat up bad in the first and knocked out cold in the second. I hope your feeling better today.P.S Jerry Springer wants to talk to you.

Yeah you missed it, check your other replies. cheers

Ryan,Here the deal.I will answer your post this time.Then you can answer me,but I will not answer you back.That way you can have the last word.Just to show you that there are no hard feelings.I will include as a bonus"I think you are so smart"There all better now?

fellas......!

It's nice to see that the space I wasted with my no-good helmet is put to some use this way - a prize fight ..

Phil , thanks for the more useful comment !