How are you painting your helmet? Are you doing regular infantry? 29th, 1st, 4th, etc. or are you doing a navy NCB? Because paint job wise they would all look different. But if your going for ware, there was a lot if variation, some could have been newly issued, while others had been with some soldiers all the way through training and would have been rusty and worn, you also have to take consideration that they were mostly training coast side and the sea air helps the corrosion prices. Like most people have said already, look at original photos and find something from whatever unit you plan to do, good luck!

Thanks for sharing, makes a nice butt can 😉. 

From looking at original photos, at least they look like the rim is bare metal from paint falling off, sorry for my bad phrasing and wording. Here are the two images where I can see what looks to be helmet rims lacking paint.

Agreed, This looks like something that would feed a tail gunner.

i believe this wing is part of a series of modern restrikes of the LGB/Balfour type. They are usually hallmarked LGB STER which is incorrect. They are well made. You can see one I posted in the "FAKE" thread, it gives you an idea on what to watch out for. Also note the similarity of the feather detail, which is not the same as original examples.    

Actually that was not the majority. The majority during WWII actually had to blind the manufacturers hallmark to comply with procurement and distribution rules inn order not to reflect manufacturer favoritism. That is why you find some with the hallmarks ground out. You are correct that the majority were made out of sterling silver, which was not considered a strategic material, and therefore the majority were marked sterlng.

I hope no one thought I was referring to our fellow member as a "reneger."  He was a victim of a, apparently, well known CHEATER.  My point is/was most of us who are involved in multiple transactions in our "avocation"/passions will be reneged on.  Issue here is what does a reasonable or pragmatic "hobbyist" do about it.  

Thank you both for your comments, That makes a lot more sense. And thoughts on where he was stationed is probably Pearl Harbor? Makes sense, but was the 7th AAF shipped out to the pacific in 1943? So would he had just stayed there  and just been still apart of the 7th AAF or would he have followed them through the pacific and possibly helped build runways in an EAB role instead of just at Pearl Harbor. Not trying to argue if that’s how it sounds. I really am genuinely new so I don’t know the possibilities and from other threads I’ve read there’s been some whacky things with uniforms. Thanks all, this has been very helpful!

I don't care for that large drop-in catch.  I seem to recall that on another wing that was in question here on the forum.

I would guess that its a fake as WW2 wings had the company hallmarks and metal content stamped into the back. I dont know if thats true for all ww2 wings but definately the majority. Looks like an LGB pattern...?