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CS BolayI'm no big-name collector, nor am I an auctioneer, so for all it may be worth, I see little issue with the item per se. If it were a hunk of brick from a death camp or something really sick, then I'd certainly not touch it.
However, what I assume we're talking about here is a common soldier's helmet, some average German joe...not much different from collecting militaria from any other nation far as I'm concerned.
My main concern, to be honest, would be if you want to delve heavily into non-sports material, going too much outside your own fields of expertise.
This, I think, is one of the major problems with auction houses and authentication companies today...they simply try to do TOO MUCH, to be everything to everyone, and that's where mistakes start being made. That's why I'd think it would be better off at Manion's or some militaria house.
That is just the worthless opinion of insignificant hobby figure me...