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<blockquote><div class="quotetitle">Quote from <a class="profile-link highlight-default" href="#">Guppy35</a> on March 7, 2021, 6:35 am</div>Thanks for the replies and the thoughts.  I do understand that the German Helmet world is full of fakes, and fake Camo's in particular.  I'm wondering why it would end up in a little antique store in South Dakota, with the owner of the store, who is asking far less than what the usual costs are for German helmets.

Is the fake world so intense that they'd stamp certain stamps in the metal for a reason? Why choose the ones I see on the helmet? Quist 62s and DN156 something 'special"?

Again, I'm just trying to learn about this stuff, so don't take my questions wrong.

As for the liner, someone else told me the same thing, of course after I'd already taken it out :)  Oh well, my bad.  I'm not worried about value, only history.  real or imagined, when I'm done with it, I'll pass it on so that the history is preserved.  Not criticizing those who do sell them, mind you, just my choice as the history matters.  That profit has ruined so many of these hobbies drives me nuts.  So giving stuff away when it makes sense is my way of fighting back :)

And as for the liner, what stands out that would say it's fake?  Using the stuff on Frank's site, this helmet had passed the tests he lists, outside of I can tell if there was a decal underneath.  As it has a 1943 liner date, if what I read I understood, Quist did M40s for longer than most, so a 43 version might not have a decal.  Does the lot number go against the 1943 date?

Someone elsewhere suggested it was done by a re-enactor.  It's a small helmet.  I put it on my youngest son who is 12. He does not have a big head and this thing fit him snug.  I'd assume for reenacting it would have been a larger size.

Again, based on Frank's site, the paint lacks any paint smell, and the colors lack the vibrancy that reflects on the patina question.    What is suggesting it's a fake paint job?

In the end, I'm happy with it, and certainly don't feel like I got taken.  Based on the prices I saw when I looked around the web for prices on camo helmets, this was nowhere close to that price range.  I'm happy with what it represents as these things are pieces of history one way or another.  And sharing that history with my kids and now grand-kids is what matters, so they can learn :)

But please if there is anymore info, or things I can learn on this, I hope folks will continue to educate me.

Dan</blockquote><br>

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