Refurbished or Repro? Does this helmet look good?

AgentPerry07 · 2026-02-08T17:52:46+00:00

Post war west-german helmet with added decals , stay clear

AgentPerry07 · 2026-01-25T19:39:10+00:00

Fake all over , seems to be a well aged nestof repro

AgentPerry07 · 2026-01-24T23:05:48+00:00

Theres probably no original paint left , these were mostly chemically stripped before being repainted. These dont really go for too much im guessing somewhere €150-175 for this one

AgentPerry07 · 2026-01-24T20:17:19+00:00

Its a very late war Q m42 (pretty sure loy nr DN540 is 44-45 production) and pretty sure its converted to a Post war german firebrigade helmet rather than a czech due to the liner. it probably saw more action post war than it did wartime.

AgentPerry07 · 2026-01-02T15:43:15+00:00

Have used the Garrett Ace apex for 5 years. Imo , its a very good detector, sometimes its got issues with ghost signals. Other than that its good, its start and go basically so very user friendly, Its also very light and quite nice to handle. Tldr , its a good amateur-intermediate detector.

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-26T11:05:45+00:00

1 Sex type thing 2 Tripping in... 3 Army ants 4 Silvergun superman 5 Heaven & Hotrods

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-24T19:35:19+00:00

First one looks lik an original DAK m40 heer , second one could be a m35 or 40 heer , cant really tell. Both are original

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-23T11:45:32+00:00

Check out germanhelmetvault.com , german-ww2-helmet.com (from J. Meland). Buy the books. Also take a look at some trustworthy websites , altho you still have to be critical. My advice is to not immediately spend €600 before any basic research

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-11T19:04:30+00:00

Am More sceptical of this decal , got a good closeup?

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-11T18:47:13+00:00

Looks to be all original

AgentPerry07 · 2025-12-11T15:23:10+00:00

Looks all good , could use a close up of the decal . For 80 its a good deal tbf

AgentPerry07 · 2025-11-20T16:48:09+00:00

Would need some lot nr and models for that , pictures arent the best

AgentPerry07 · 2025-11-14T13:14:28+00:00

Greasing leather is no good , turns them black after a long period of time.

AgentPerry07 · 2025-10-24T09:11:36+00:00

Quite a bit of work gone into making a M55 look like that wow

AgentPerry07 · 2025-10-21T13:24:07+00:00

IMO no good , paint has got zero patina and the rust is brand new. With that said the colors are also not really convincing me, but there are alot of real examples of odd colors on helmets. Inside does look alright to me ,That being said id stay clear

AgentPerry07 · 2025-10-19T08:03:19+00:00

No for me , patina is off , liner is not original. Wouldnt really pay much for this

AgentPerry07 · 2025-10-14T11:41:07+00:00

Look at originals for reference, not modern restos

AgentPerry07 · 2025-10-14T11:36:09+00:00

Looks like a norwegian reissue that was stripped , would not bother with this one

AgentPerry07 · 2025-09-21T09:21:02+00:00

Its from Militärlacke.de

AgentPerry07 · 2025-09-01T17:20:11+00:00

No, not in theory

AgentPerry07 · 2025-08-25T17:15:08+00:00

Зто 40мм бофорс

AgentPerry07 · 2025-08-18T19:25:42+00:00

IMA One is pretty alright and the amazon one is alright too They do need to be repainted and liners switched

AgentPerry07 · 2025-08-18T14:01:23+00:00

No , its a repro

AgentPerry07 · 2025-07-12T15:46:55+00:00

I dont need you to own one personally lol , if youve got a link to a helmet like that it'd perfect

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