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And finaly, the pair of insignias

These are from the IAB; Under the eagle it says S.H.u.co. and 41 below it and seems to be made of zin or some bad metal, but I tried to bend it with my fingers and I couldn?t, it doesn?t bends. It seems like it had a bronze paint once a time

these are the pictures of the medal bar

Hi everybody, I recently got this pieces in a lot of 3rd reich military awards, but I?m not sure if any of these pieces are real or fake. Those pieces are: 1) U-boot badge 2) a bar with 4 medals 3) an Infantry Assault Badge, and 4) and a pair of insignia of luftwaffe flak leutenant. PS: I?m sorry for the low resolution pictures, my cellphone camera is not very good, but as soon I can I will ask a friend of mine to see if she can lend me her camera Thanks a lot to everyone for all the help you can give me Cheers

thanks man; I?m checking it right now, very good page and learned some things about fakes, colors and post-1991 caps; if you like, I can send you a link with information about soviet medal (probably, you know that page already, but I will post it anyway, just in case other people see this) www.soviet-awards.com cheers

thanks, that can explain why the star is a bit to our right and not in the middle; I should look for more information about that hat. do you know any link? cheers

sorry I can?t : ( , those photos are posted in an online selling place so those are the only ones

Yes, I agree a badge is a better idea, a medal seems more like a prize for doing something good; I also think about 3 more things, that shouldn?t be awarded for stupid things like the one I read about a guy who hit his head, they also should have a date or the campaign name where it was and also other versions depending on the severity of the wounds. have a nice day friends...

Hi, everybody; I saw these 2 caps (1 of modern russia, and the other soviet) in a online buying page, and I?m thinking on buying 1 or both of them, as novice, I?m not very informed about fakes or repros so decided to make a new topic Any opinions are wellcome cheers... :cheers:

here comes a picture of the inside, in another part inside the liner is can bareley seen a number 7 or a z but it didn?t came out in the picture

Nice page; I would like to know more about those decals and the position they where applied. I was looking and saw this page too http://hem.bredband.net/runmat2/no_helm.ht...an_industrivern sorry I don?t have a foto of before, but the decals where a bit squared than the ones I saw; but also I saw a picture of a norwegian helmet with the decals in that position too, not by the side but a bit in front

below the green I saw a color like sand or brown, and under ir pure shiny aluminium color. would be possible that they removed all the paint just to repaint it? :(

Hi Chris, thanks for answering I thought the norwegians used to paint them in yellow instead of sand or brown; and if that is the case of this helmet why should they remove the old paint? about corret colors, wich color would be that?

yes, also because its not the same to watch them in pictures than in real life, but sometimes pictures helps a lot; there are also many more web-sites with information,

nice one, but I don?t know much about badges; check out this link; I hope it helps you http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/war_badges...anzer_badge.htm

and down part. Information: made by Quist, serial number 3173, I don?t remember the size number, but it is the smallest one, in this pic you can see it like a kind of brown or sand color; of course it will never be the same to look something in pictures than in real life. Anything you think, critics, opinions, advises etc. you can tell me. Cheers....

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front view

the other side and a close view of the place where paint fade off, you can see 2 different paints and then no paint

First I want to apologize for the topic posted before with a similar title; I just left the computer alone for a few hours and a funny person modified and posted it. A few weeks ago after thinking a lot I decided to purchase a german m40 helmet of the smalest size; it had a post-war dark green painting and the sign of having decals (in a wrong position by the way); I been informing myself of how to take of that painting and decided to do it. 1st I tryed with a gel paint remover, but then I decided to use liquid thinner; personally I got better results with this one, but as I live in a corner of the world with few products to choose I don?t know the performance of the brands you use in europe or in the states. Just in case that all products behave the same way I?m going to post some advises about my 1st experiences with the gel paint remover. 1) Treatthe helmet carefully and use something soft (as all the rags at home are hard I used and old and sweet cotton t-shirt) when appliying the paint remover. 2) After use, seal it tight and avoid shaking it or moving constantly. (why? better answered at 3) 3) Just in case, use clothes. I was wearing just a short, sat down, placed that can upon my knees and as soon as I opened it, the cap blew up spraying that paint remover all over my body, parts of my neck and face , it burns and if you don?t wash it quickly it will leave a nice red mark. As told before, I don?t know if the products that people use in other countries behave like this, but just in case I wanted to warn about it. I don?t know if I?m guilty of a crime , but the sticky place in where the decals where the paint fade off completely, if somebody can tell me about that, please tell me, even if I made something wrong I want to avoid that happens again. Also, all metal get rust with the time and a way of protecting it is by painting, I don?t know if it would be good to paint the parts where paint fade off or leave it how they are. Now, the pics...

Hi there, a few weeks ago after thinking a lot I decided to purchase a german m40 helmet of the smalest size; it had a post-war dark green painting and the sign of having decals (in a wrong position by the way); I been i nforming myself of how to take of that painting and decided to do it. 1st I tryed with a gel paint remover, but then I decided to use liquid thinner; personally I got better results with this one, but as I live in a corner of the world with few products to choose I don?t know the performance of the brands you use in europe or in the states. Just in case that all products behave the same way I?m going to post some advises and experiences with the gel paint remover. 1) Treat it carefully and use something soft (like cotton rag) when using the paint remover. 2) After use, seal it tight. It happened to me that

ok, here comes the picture of the back side

Hello there; thanks to everybody in helping me in not poluting my collection, and teaching me a little bit about fakes; I took the advise and kept away from that one it is a shame that many people works in faking something like that just to earn a few dollars because it is not a so expensive one. Again, thanks a lot to every one... Cheers

Thanks; if you know any link with information would be usefull; have good luck in your trip to Germany; anything you can write to me. Cheers

Thanks Gordon; I had doubts mainly because of the upper pocket; I don?t know so much about GDR uniforms and the information you gave me will help me a lot; and I can?t buy from ebay for the moment, so it helps me to decide what to do about buying it. Cheers mate...