Made in the United Kingdom repro/fake Oldenburg Dragoon Officer Helmet

[ww1czechlegion]

Here's a current eBay offering in which the seller does not realize that his helmet is one of the infamous made in the United Kingdom helmet which was produced in the past 30-40 years time, or maybe even more recently. This one has all the tell-tale signs of the spurious helmets made in the UK.

Found here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165192890467

Best Regards,

Alan

 

[b.loree]

Chemically aged to perfection!

 

[seagull]

What a travesty. Apologies, on behalf of the UK.

 

[Francobritishcollect]

Evidence that our skilled tradesmen are long gone !

 

[seagull]

I came back to look at this 'helmet' again because it suddenly occurred to me that manufacturing this mess involved a truly huge amount of effort and different skills - the fact that it still turned out bad notwithstanding. I can't quite figure out how they could have made a profit after all that work?

 

[ww1czechlegion]

Seller re-listed this item.

Someone is going to get stung badly by this one found here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165200857520?hash=item2676bd09b0:g:oE8AAOSwbvlhmRNc

Absolutely nothing is original on this helmet. All parts are modern made reproductions, artificially aged. And the parts are very poor reproductions as well.