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hello gentlemen, I got this Italian helmet from a former war veteran who lived in Brazil. It has been neatly repainted with a green/grey paint. Its leather interior is pretty weird. It's definitely not Italian. I believe it has been exchanged or was part of another country. It has a hole in the front. It is a regular and well centered hole. So it was made to fix some emblem, I believe. On the sides, there are marks of old shields that have been removed. It is possible to see scratch marks on the paintwork so the protections are removed. You can see tiny "dots" left over from the old shields. One black, one yellow and one red dot on one side. On the other side you can only see a black dot that was part of the old decal removed I appreciate the opinions. cheers

Hi, Thanks for the comments. I too, and particularly, like the old pieces as they are: with as much of their "history showing up." This EK1 is being sold by a collector who is getting rid of some things and I will keep it. Cheers

Hello Graf, Thanks for your opinion! It really looks like a late production. In addition to the medal being well "punished" by time, with several marks and scratches. That may be why it was repainted. I have an EK2 from 1 Late Production War. She gets to be weird, but many colleagues confirmed her originality. It also appears to have been repainted. Cheers

hello gentlemen, I found this ek1 screw back. It is quite worn out, what do you think of it? it looks original to me, but i would like to hear from you Thanks

Hello gentlemen, a friend found this propaganda poster "der deutsche student", from Hitler youth. What do you think ? Real or fake?

Hello gentlemen, What do you think of this RAF hat of Greek troops if I'm not mistaken. Does it look genuine? Thanks

Hello gentlemen, I would like to share with you some photos of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, More known as FEB (Força Expedicionária Brasileira), in World War II. Brazil sent around 25,000 troops to Italy in the second half of 1944. I'll add some photos in the next few days, starting with some photos from veteran João Batista Stávola's photo album. He was summoned in April 1943 and left for Italy on 22/09/1944. He was part of the Brazilian artillery cup at General Falconière's headquarters. Stavola and his second lieutenant uniform Stavola and another official in Cannes In a store in Marseille Stavola and other officers in Monaco Stavola and other Brazilians at a fruit sale in Italy General Cordeiro de Farias in a Brazilian reconnaissance plane on the Italian front Brazilian soldier in his fox hole Brazilian platoon receiving instructions before departing on patrol the same Brazilian Platoon leaving on reconnaissance patrol Brazilian engineering putting some explosives on the battlefield I hope you like the images. I can post a few more later.

Hello gentlemen, I got this German helmet in Croatia. He has the soldier's name written in Croatian: "Beržaj, Stjepan". The photos were not so good, but maybe you can notice that he has a gray paint and in some places with wear, it is possible to see a dark blue paint. Does that mean something or is it just normal? Thanks

Hello! Thank you very much for the explanations! It helped a lot to better understand the inscriptions !! Thank you very much

The Serbian helmet has a shaved red star and some Bosnian inscriptions on the inside. They are: "January 1988", "May '89. This helmet was used in January 88" and also "guja". I don't know what the last one means. On the front flap, it says: "II S V" with pen and "P7Z", crossed out on top. I don't know what conflicts this type of helmet was used for. Would you have any good ideas? The other helmet is a German model from DDR. It was a model used during the Croatian war by the Croats, together with other models of helmets. There is an inscription on the liner that I can't quite understand ... I would appreciate any help! I hope you enjoyed it and would like to know your impressions and what you think !!! Thanks

Hello gentlemen, I would like to share with you this helmet of the "Paulista" model of the Brazilian civil war of 1932. During that war, steel helmets were used for the first time in Brazil. When the war between the state of São Paulo and the federal government of Brazil, São Paulo began to prepare for the conflict. With that, São Paulo started making steel helmets based on 2 helmets from the first war that a Brazilian collector had brought to Brazil. Three different models were manufactured at the same time: one based on MKI and two based on Adrian. One of the two models based on Adrian had its design changed by São Paulo. That is why it was called the "paulista" model. You can see little difference at the top of the helmet. The war only lasted approximately 3 months. São Paulo lost militarily, but won some political victories. I got this helmet from a distant relative of a veteran who served with the forces of São Paulo. It had been stored since the war when the family decided to see it with other old items. I just bought the helmet. It has two significant damages: One on the outside front, and another that looks like it came from the "inside out" direction. I hope you enjoyed. And I would like to hear your opinions about this helmet and its strange marks. Thanks!

Correcting an error: The correct thing about the inscriptions on the helmet is: "They are:" January 1988 "," May '89. This helmet was used in January 88 "and also" guja ".

The Serbian helmet has a shaved red star and some Bosnian inscriptions on the inside. They are: "January 1988", "May '89. This helmet was used in January 88" and also "gluttony". I don't know what the last one means. On the front flap, it says: "II S V" with pen and "P7Z", crossed out on top. I don't know what conflicts this type of helmet was used for. Would you have any good ideas? The other helmet is a German model from DDR. It was a model used during the Croatian war by the Croats, together with other models of helmets. There is an inscription on the liner that I can't quite understand ... I would appreciate any help! I hope you enjoyed it and would like to know your impressions and what you think !!! Thanks

Hello Gentlemen, A friend of mine traveled and found this medal with a lot of medals from a Brazilian veteran of World War II. I'm Brazilian and as far as I know of Brazilian medals, she doesn't seem to be Brazilian. So far I only have a picture of one side of it. I bought it from him and she is coming through the post office and I only have this picture of her for now. She looks like Chile's "Minerva Medal". But if drawing is still quite different I hope you can help me. I appreciate your opinions

Here are the other photos. In the first photo we have from left to right: General Clyde D. Eddleman, a man I did not identify and General Matzky. In the second photo, there are a series of German and English officers. In the left corner appears Adolf Heusinger and General Matzky. I don't know the officers on the left. The last photo depicts the staff of the German embassy in Tokyo. In the far right corner, you can see then Colonel Matzky and the spy Sorge