Felt ersatz, is it real?

[coert65]

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  This one is for sale at our Dutch vending site. But is it okay? It has seemingly no markings.
• The seller usually has haubes for sale, but most were honest, some were tampered with.
• I know the wappen is special, but then again, no markings on the helmet?

Thanks for advice on this one!
Regards, Coert.

 

[dixmude 14]

Copie GB

 

[Khukri]

-Could have been better seller photographs...With today's smartphones it must be hard to make this kind of lousy pics...The visor trim looks not so nice. Think that trim piece is not so simple to shape.../fake...

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

Coert....you're familair to the seller....you should know better

 

[coert65]

Coert....you're familair to the seller....you should know better

I know Sander, I'm almost sure it wasn't what it pretends to be, but had to be sure.

 

[KAGGR#1]

Without a reference book
Is that not an FAR helmet plate ?
Steve

 

[John Josef]

I certainly wouldn't want to be a new collector with the quality of the products the fakers are producing.

It's a scary Hobby no doubt,

 

[argonne]

Philippe

 

[pickelhauben]

The felt helmet looks good in the pics but ......
The spike and front trim were dug and repolished.
Look at the base with the cracks on it.
Hard to tell about the wappen, it looks to be ground dug as well.
A pic of the back of the wappen may tell the tale.
This is defiantly a parts helmet with dug parts.

 

[2nd.Leibhusar]

Without a reference book
Is that not an FAR helmet plate ?
Steve

As far as I know only FAR 10 &46 had this helmet plate ...
So NO Infantry...

 

[ussguppy]

The felt looks too coarse. Very similar to the modern replicas made in Ukraine. The green on the visor looks like the oils in the felt are reacting with the metal trim. This would not happen like this with an original made with steel or brass.

I also think the liner fingers are cut too sharp.

The spike is probably okay, but they are easy to find...

I'm a no.

Gabe