hi paul
sorry been busy with odds and ends never got a chance to answer the japanese pith helmet that was at the jag show where the guy was asking 500.00 for a molested japanese pith helmet wow . jareths opinion on any japanese head gear at all he is very well respected in this hobby on japanese items . at first i thought my eyes was deceiving me after so much experence in this hobby with german/japanese items my problem is when i feel and know that an item has been molested or replaced parts i call it fake and thats the end of the story . this is something every collector and dealer has to be on the look out for especially when items like this is made in korea/china/etc stay well friends best andy militarynut
