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Fake M42 Sauerland NS 68 M42. Fake interior and exterior paint and decal. Fitted with original liner and replacement drawstring

Correct. The liner is 100% real and unaltered. There is some sweat staining at the front and very light wear elsewhere. There's spots of dark paint near the crown that were there when I got it. As mauser99 said, these helmets saw very limited use, if any. I don't have Brian's book but he may...

Another beauty! I like the folded tip on the decal.

ZF41 and M45 are correct. When I got the Q M42 shell the original interior (almost black) paint was in good shape but exterior paint had been almost completely removed. I repainted it with textured dark slate gray and added oxidation and light wear to match.

Nope. That's an original pigskin liner

M42 Quist Here's a late war Q M42. Is anything wrong with it?

That's correct. The decals and split pins are repros. Interior and exterior paint and shell aging are recently done

Here's the maker mark and lot #

M35 DD Police Not a camo but I'll post it here. These early war apple greens are hard to do. Would you spot this as a fake?

Exactly. This is what I mean by a faker's "signature". Helmets created by the same hand start to look alike and if you view enough of them you recognize patterns and similarities in appearance.

That's correct!

M40 with dried blood on the liner. Is this a real fresh capture or a fake "exotic freshie"?

Here's a couple of helmets posted as real on WAF a few years ago. They're not mine. Look how they both have the same area where camo paint is absent on the left side as the rim forms to meet the visor. What do you think of these - real or fake?

Fake Italian RSI Camo Here's one I did a few years back.

Thanks JHV. I'm glad you're learning from my posts. Hope others are too. If nothing else, they're a wake-up call on what can be done. That should reinforce the fact that knowledge, study, and seeking the opinions of experienced collectors are critical in this hobby. If not everyone agrees about...

Smells a little like leather wax. I did it about 10 years ago. You'd have to take the liner out and examine stitching on the underside to tell it's not 75 years old.

That's correct, thanks

Very carefully :biggrin1:

OK. I'll tell. Liner is a complete repro. Aged FJWerke.