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one of two helmets i will be asking your opinions on,,,

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This appears to be a reissued M18. The curious feature of the mirror-image runes and the decals being in reverse of the normal locations makes this a tough call. I am not the one to make a firm judgement here, and I am skeptical to a degree. Please get some close ups of the decals and the interior of the helmet. This one appears to have the decals mounted over a prior set of decals. That is worth examining further as well.

I wish I could help more, but I know little about helmets. Rev. Mike is right. The decals appear to be "newer" than the rest of the helmet, especially the party one, and seem to have been applied after the helmet was worn for some time. That does not necessarily mean they are fake or weren't period applied, even if over previous decals.

my feelings are good on this one,a rare helmet indeed. decals look genuine to me. nice lid

Actually, I should not have called it an M18, since that has to do with the original lining system. This is of Austrian origin and may very well be a quite rare item. Unfortunately, this forum is realitively dormant. Most of our old SS experts have migrated to other venues such as German Helmet Walhalla. I would check and post on multiple websites for more information.
It would be interesting to know any background you have on this helmet.
Cheers,
Mike

I would love to see close ups.

hi all,,these are the only pics of this helmet,,sorry,,Robert

Hi you will definately need better pics than these unless the helmet is being offerred at a "give away" price...plus side...I like the colour of the helmet and also like the look of the sigrunen decal from a distance...in my opinion the helmet has a decent chance of being authentic and if so.as already pointed out it is a rare bird in above average condition....if you would like email me the pics that you have and make them as large and as clear as possible and I will forward to Darryl Pajot for an opinion...and based on what he says you can be very comfortable...none better...cheers and regards, Ryan email me at [email protected]

hi sellick,,if you want to copy these two pics,go ahead,,,i have no others,,just these two,,,so feel free to send to Mr.Pajot for his opinion,,,Thanks,,RObert

Yes, decals aside, the colour is bang on..can more pictures be made available?

Hi Robert if you want to email me the pics send them to [email protected] I would be glad to help in anyway that I can....cheers, Ryan

hi all,,the pics i posted are the only ones i have,so sorry to disappoint anyone,but its not likely i can get anymore,,,,Robert

Hi Robert no problem...I will ask him to check out your pics as posted...cross your fingers...cheers, Ryan

There are some things in this sale that look like fake/repros for sure, of course that doesn't mean there's not some good stuff mixed in as well.