Hi every… been a follower of his site for some time and now just joined. Had a few questions on the camo of this helmet. I got this helmet from a family friend who was in the army for 30 years. He aquired quite a collection of all type of military stuff. When he died I essentially inherited a ton of his stuff because the family knew I was a collector. ….. when I got this M38 it was covered in a thick coat of dark green latex paint, applied by brush, with massive double decals. The paint even covered some of the wire…. I was fine with it as a post war repaint till I actually dropped the helmet and some paint pealed back rebelling a yellow tannish paint. After a day of research and about 45 minutes of carfu pealing, I got what you see now. It’s a little ugly and messy, but it is what it is….. can any one tell me anything about the type of paint used, what theater it was used in, and any other info. If 99% sure the camo job is real being that it was covered. I think maybe Africa or Italian campaign….. it seems that the tan is under another 2 coats of green. When some of the latex was removed I could get a great visual of the layers from minor flaking. Ever someone of the lift eagle is visible. Any help would be greatly appreciated…
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