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Greetings everyone, Some time ago I had to get rid of many of my M1 helmets and I'm looking to buy new ones. This M1 helmet was found in a junkyard in Brazil. It features white lime paint over the green paint on the helmet. It has the serial number 725A and on the inside there are two paintings in light blue: "2ª cia" (2nd company) and "2 PEL" (2 platoon). It is quite common to find Brazilian helmets with this type of inscription on the inside. Mainly in the post-war period, since most of the M1s used here arrived during, but mainly after, the war. Many helmets used by the Brazilian expeditionary force in Italy were reconditioned for post-war use and were used for many decades. In general, apparently, the batch of helmets that Brazil received for use in Italy corresponded to the numbers 680 - 780 according to local researchers. Many Brazilian helmets were also painted white after the war for medical teams. They are difficult to find, but they are from post-war. During the campaign in Italy, Brazilian helmets were painted with a red cross on a circular white background. I'll leave some images below and some details to hear your comments and opinions. Soon I will post another M1 from the 2nd one that I bought but has not yet arrived. Thanks

Hello gentleman, I recently found 2 German covers and judged them to be fake/reproductions, but I'm not sure. I would like to know what you guys think about it. Thanks

Hello gentlemen, I got my first medals and a letter from the same Italian veteran of the 1st war and who fought in the 2nd as well. His name is Giuseppe Feruglio. I'll post pictures of the medals and the letter as well. The letter was written at Stalag 367, which as far as I could see was in Poland, near Czechoslovakia. I'm having a lot of trouble translating the handwritten message, if you could help me that would be great! Does anyone also have tips for websites where I can look for information on Italian war veterans? I appreciate any help and hope you enjoy the pieces. Thanks

hello gentlemen I found this RFC uniform for sale. But I don't know if it's original. can you help me? Thanks

Hello gentleman, I found this camouflaged M42 helmet. I don't know much about German helmets, let alone the camouflage applied to them. In particular, I found this camouflage quite different. It is made of brown and green applied over the helmet. This helmet was found with the family of a Brazilian war veteran. I also got the Brazilian's M1 helmet. That's why I believe this helmet was collected on the Italian front I would appreciate any help in reviewing this item, especially in regards to its camouflage type and whether it looks good. thanks

Hello Gentlemen, I found this camouflaged German helmet (I don't know if it's an M40 or M42). I don't know much about German helmets and much less about the camouflage applied to them. In particular, I found this camouflage quite different. I would appreciate any help in reviewing this item, especially regarding its type of camouflage and whether it looks good. Thanks

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