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Here's my restored shell. It's a M40 DN47. The helmet was originally a SS helmet (according Brian Ice's reference book).
I only had the shell that was repainted in different camo colors by a fella that used it for paintball and or airsoft. All original paint, decal,...were gone - read removed - by the previous owner.

So, this helmet is used now for re-enactment purposes and has been restored in its old glory. I stripped the helmet from it's post war paint to the bear metal and then repainted it in Feldgrau. The decal is a 2nd pattern SS. The metal liner is also original however the leather liner is Norwegian. The Chinstrap is repro (crappy quality imo). The split pins are original and marked ()they came with the lid so I just re-used them)

In your case I would restore the lid and repaint it.