morticianman1990
Senior Member
Hey guys, I've got something a bit odd to share with you. A smooth paint Luftwaffe helmet with a green "subdued" decal. The originality of these is highly controversial with most people believing they were all applied post war, or if they were applied during the war it was done at the depot/soldier level. As far as I know real unissued decals exist, but there is no proof they were officially attached to helmets. All the pictures of other helmets with these "subdued" green Luftwaffe decals I have seen are re-issues with textured paint. So that leaves this helmet in a weird situation anyways, as it looks to have been repainted with smooth paint at some point. The original decal can still be seen crackling through the over paint. I took as decent of pictures as I could of the decal. Are any of them "real"? I don't think we'll ever truly know, but I still think they're pretty cool nevertheless and at least a conversation starter.