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Old 07-09-16, 09:08 PM
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Default Do you think this is a copy.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262612410926?ul_noapp=true


I think this looks like a copy, what do you think.
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Old 07-09-16, 09:45 PM
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Looks good to me
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Old 08-09-16, 09:16 AM
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It is a genuine helmet and genuine fittings albeit they appear to have lost their gilt and are now back to brass.

the Plate, however, has retained all its gilt, and although looks original also, may not have belonged to that helmet originally.

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