Justin Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #26 Posted December 28, 2019 Which is the fake helmet in De Trez book? One of the 517th helmets, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogface44 Posted December 29, 2019 Share #27 Posted December 29, 2019 One of the 517th helmets, I believe. Yes one of the 517th- There was a thread on Trigger Time about it but the photos and most of the interesting content were deleted a long time ago. Talking about Easy Green helmets, I recenty saw one of his creations sell for big bucks at a French Militaria sale; a Red Bull Div with frontal NCO rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share #28 Posted December 29, 2019 Yes one of the 517th- There was a thread on Trigger Time about it but the photos and most of the interesting content were deleted a long time ago. Talking about Easy Green helmets, I recenty saw one of his creations sell for big bucks at a French Militaria sale; a Red Bull Div with frontal NCO rank. Always humourous to me that "serious" collectors willing to spend that much money on a helmet can't identify reproduction parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share #29 Posted December 29, 2019 Sold: 2,485.00 As the kids would say: oof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadawg Posted December 29, 2019 Share #30 Posted December 29, 2019 I won't be surprised if the winner is a non payer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 29, 2019 Share #31 Posted December 29, 2019 Which is the fake helmet in De Trez book? 517th PRCT helmet on pages 73-77. Mark Patterson(now the disgraced admin, "Sparky" on Trigger Time) was behind making this fake and knew it was fake when he submitted it. DeTrez trusted him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted December 29, 2019 Share #32 Posted December 29, 2019 sadly many of the helmets that are thought to be original are fakes, even the ones shown by respected members of this forum, it seems that people have too many "rare helmets" these days? especially sellers that specialize in helmets, they seem to find them so often, how can that happen? if it's worth money somebody will try to recreate it how could 100 - 300 rare helmets show up on the market? when most soldiers didnt bring back their unit marked or DDAY used helmets and more will show up. I bet most soldiers even didnt even want their helmet when they were done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heptonic48 Posted January 4, 2020 Share #33 Posted January 4, 2020 I was following this listing just to see how much it would sell for and was also surprised. It's unfortunate this one was thought to be original. I recently bought a Polish WZ50 from him so like others mentioned it looks like he has a mix of bad and good helmets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberThe5thESB Posted January 5, 2020 Share #34 Posted January 5, 2020 It boggles the mind that someone could see a helmet so rusted on white markings, showing at least age and use (being in the elements etc), yet a helmet that shows no paint loss along the rim (not a dead give away but I've got lots of steel pots that were even lightly used and if it had the stainless rim theres almost always paint gone) and think that's normal. Boggles the mind. Sent from my SM-J327V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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