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agreed that the pot is WW1, but the paint looks interwar, possibly Bulgarian to me. What makes the paint look post war to you? The decals are a big questions, which is why I made the post. I do think it is worthy of at least a look or two, even if it is a post WW1 set up as a lot of relevent...

So if this is in fact a correct period conversion, is that in itself a problem as you state? Or rather the lack of spike, chinstrap, cockades and loss of stitching on the bill? I don't mean to dispute, I just am new to this type of helmet and don't know the correct terminology. thanks, Doug

Thanks for the input. The helmet probably was in Germany the whole time, it was the import of the decal that I was referring to. Most came out of Japan and the west in those years, so for a collector or neo-Nazi to get what was a very illegal set of decals into Eastern Germany in those days...

On the surface, I know that everything about this helmet is dead wrong, but the story behind it is interesting enough to pose some serious questions. It was brought back by a US Army Ranger in the mid 90's who was doing a tour in Germany shortly after the fall of the wall. He bought it as seen...

I am actually in NW Washington. My son is a grad student in Archaeology at UI in Moscow, and I found it in an antique store when going to visit. On another, off topic note, I asked for info on this helmet from a bunch of other sources as well as this one and have already been offered $1000 for...

My intention is to leave this totally AS-IS, as I am more of an AS FOUND sort of collector. I have not even run a cloth over it, just a feather duster! What is the 'normal' thought process on restoration/repair/as-is regarding these? thanks again, Doug

Thanks for the tips. I am new to the German side of things (my specialty is British and US), but I am aware of the 'War Bond' helmets. When you state this was possibly a conversion from another shell, do you mean in Germany, or when it came over here? It seems odd to me that it would have been...

Thanks for the input. My first thought was that the paint had yellowed, but it is too uniform and there are brush strokes seen in several places. It is almost like it was painted to look like tarnished brass. Doug

I am new to this forum and this is my first post. This helmet just came from an attic in Idaho last month. German is not my specialty, but it appears to me to be a 1915 ersatz Dragoon. The shell is leather and both bills are pressed paper. The inside is stamped B.I.A. VII leading me to think it...