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The only thing I found on my research was a small arrival about painting numbers on the helmets and packs during Anzio to identify them at night. I viewed over 100 period photos and video and didnt see a single helmet with their insignia. Thoughts???

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ArchangelDM

Hi, any thoughts on this recently posted helmet from Italy?

I think your sentence has all the clues in it to know this ones not good.

 

Dean

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Burning Hazard

Yea, it's a fantasy piece. They even messed up the 1st SSF insignia and forgot the 'A' at the end of 'US'. I've seen a couple of these here in Canada mix-matched with repro parts, they had price tags of $2000+.

 

Sucks that a perfectly nice fixed bail got painted over like that...

 

Pat

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Hello,

The most funny is the writing of "3th" instead of "3rd" which is typical of non educated european fakers.

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I have only seen one "somewhat" legit painted FSSF helmet. A "Force" vet had painted the insignia on post war helmet for an office display. As mentioned, these guys were all about stealth, not painting stuff on their helmets to make them stand out.

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