Jaxon Norris
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Amybellars
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Liner looks good and so is the chinstrap.
Black separation lines have been touched up and personal opinion, I didn't like the light yellow but it's personal opinion.
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Amy Bellars
Black separation lines have been touched up and personal opinion, I didn't like the light yellow but it's personal opinion.
Regards
Amy Bellars
Jaxon Norris
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I've gotten lots of conflicting arguments, I've had more say it's real, than fake, this is all very confusing
Jaxon Norris
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How so?
brusik1
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The dealer of camouflage helmets. I know his work from eBay, but I can't remember right now, either from Lithuania or Latvia.That's my opinion: the helmet is original, but the color isn't.
John Josef
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I think the old saying " don't ask questions you don't want to know" would be very appropriate here.
Would be curious to hear what the others think wherever he has it posted now.
Would be curious to hear what the others think wherever he has it posted now.
Jaxon Norris
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My first post had bad photos. I've reposted it with better photos. Apologies for removing it
John Josef
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No problem, I'm sure you can understand why we responded the way did. The timing of the removal of the photos with no reason given it seemed you weren't happy with the opinions being offered.
Jaxon Norris
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The thing is this one has been here way before that guy started making the fakes, his isn't relevant to this. This was brought home from the war not recently gotten.
-Jaxon
John Josef
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Just curious what documentation you may have showing the history of this helmet and the soldier who brought it back.
Showing the history and direct line of ownership for a documented helmet is very hard to do. I've seen very few photos of veterans holding a helmet they brought back. It's possible and certainly not unheard of for sure but much more common with WWII Items.
Jaxon Norris
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I wish I had photo evidence, the man I got it from. Is a local, he does not Deal in military items. I met him at a garage sale and mentioned I collect ww1 memorabilia, he said there's some things in his deceased father's house that he was told his great grandfather passed down, we exchanged numbers and 3 days later he got ahold of me and showed me this photo, he sold me the lot of items for 300 usd, including the german helmet, US 89th sanitation trian marked brodie helmet, US 76.2mm round, French 37mm high explosive round dated 1916, a period US shaving kit, and a German belt buckle. To me this shows it is far from being a Latvia fake since it has been here for a far longer time
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stuka f
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There is a saying we all go by, here;
"buy the item, not the story!"
It doesn't mean a nice item can't come with a great story, but don't let the story guide you.
There is a famous picture, of a american magazine (I think Life...) of a youngster selling WWII memorabillia with fake nazi stuff among what he is offering, even before the war was over (war with Japan took longer!) ....
"buy the item, not the story!"
It doesn't mean a nice item can't come with a great story, but don't let the story guide you.
There is a famous picture, of a american magazine (I think Life...) of a youngster selling WWII memorabillia with fake nazi stuff among what he is offering, even before the war was over (war with Japan took longer!) ....
Peter B
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Great price for all that rgeardless.