polihelmet Posted November 7, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 7, 2018 Hi all, one of my first posts! been offered this helmet, what do you think? thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugèn Posted November 7, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 7, 2018 Fine and original for me. May you post some pics of the liner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray42 Posted November 7, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 7, 2018 Not an expert, but I would always be skeptical because there are a lot of fakes and there are some pretty good fake ones out there. It is worth noting that this seems to be fairly well done and to be very similar to the helmet posted by this museum: http://rvnhs.com/museum/headgear/bietdongquanhelmet.html and this one posted on the forum previously: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/124779-arvn-ranger-helmet-m1-erdl/ . Either way it is still a pretty good example that would make a good display piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
268th C.A. Posted November 7, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 7, 2018 Tons of fakes....It looks cool. But I'd say its repro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryM3 Posted November 7, 2018 Share #5 Posted November 7, 2018 Too many fakes out there IMHO. I would not spend my money on it without rock-solid provenance. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted November 7, 2018 Share #6 Posted November 7, 2018 most likely a reproduction, ARVN helmets are like Saving Private Ryan "Captan Miller" helmets they keep reproducing the same helmet over and over, I really doubt it's original, cant be that many out there, most never made it back or were salvaged by the PAVN, repainted and reused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polihelmet Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted November 8, 2018 Thanks a lot for the answers gentlemen, I guess that with no provenance is no way to tell from the paint age, style etc if is the real deal or not. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted November 8, 2018 Share #8 Posted November 8, 2018 Repo. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugèn Posted November 9, 2018 Share #9 Posted November 9, 2018 ...all right.. I give up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1a2u2 Posted September 18, 2021 Share #10 Posted September 18, 2021 This helmet is original. No question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted September 18, 2021 Share #11 Posted September 18, 2021 Source please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted September 18, 2021 Share #12 Posted September 18, 2021 Wherever it is now 2 years later its in a good home. There's a particular tell to it and I agree, it's original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted September 19, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 19, 2021 Can I see inside the metal not the liner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted September 19, 2021 Share #14 Posted September 19, 2021 Agreed would love to see the inside and chinstraps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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