GERMAN RELIC FOUND IN RUSSIA?WW2 HELMETS/CHINSTRAPS/LINERS THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE ARE NUMEROUS SELLERS FROM THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SELLING GERMAN HELMETS/RELICS/LINERS/CHINSTRAPS A LOT PURPORTING TO HAVE BEEN  DUG UP/FOUND OUTSIDE OF STALINGRAD,THE BULGE,BASTOGNE,BUNKERS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN RUSSIA OR OTHER SPURRIOUS LOCATIONS?,ALL OR MOST TOTALLY UNVERIFIABLE.SOME DUG UP WITH PARTS RUSTED AWAY WHILE SOME PARTS REMAIN, BUT WHY?YOU DIG UP A HELMET BEYOND A REASONABLE CONDITION AND RUSTED, YES THERE ARE RELICS NO DOUBT!, BUT NO WAY HAS THE LINER OR CHINSTRAP  MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED 60+ YRS UNDERGROUND? I DONT THINK SO! BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF THE METAL COULD NOT SURVIVE THEN THE LEATHER CHINSTRAP AND LINER MOST CERTAINLY WOULD NOT, AS THE LEATHER WOULD BE THE FIRST TO ROT,EVEN IF YOU FOUND A RELIC OF A DUG UP HELMET NOTHING AFTER 60+ YRS WOULD BE OF A CONDITION THAT WAS OF GREAT VALUE AS ALL YOUR BUYING IS RUSTED METAL WHICH COULD HAVE COME FROM ANYWHERE,BUT STATING CERTAIN LOCATIONS  WHERE HELMET FOUND THEY HOPE TO FOOL YOU INTO BUYING, CHINSTRAPS ARE IN MOST CASES BEYOND REVIVING AND WILL NOT BE USABLE, AS FOR THE  LEATHER IT HARDENS AND CRACKS AND EVENTUALLY DETERIORATES AND ROTS YOU CANNOT REVITALIZE LEATHER AS SOME WANT YOU TO BELIEVE.BEWARE OF TRADERS FROM LATVIA/RUSSIA AND OTHERS WHO SELL SUCH ITEMS AS THEY ARE USUALLY FAKE,A LOT HAVE BEEN AGED BY CHEMICALS,LOOK FOR TELL TALE SIGNS SUCH AS DUSTY IN APPEARANCE,LEATHER THAT HAS BEEN VIGOUROUSLY SCUFFED,WHEN BUYING CHINSTRAPS/LINERS ALWAYS ASK IF IT SMELLS OF LEATHER?IF YOUR REPLY IS YES! THEN FORGET IT,IT AIN'T OLD.LEATHER WILL RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL SMELL FOR AROUND 10 + YRS GIVE OR TAKE,BUT AGED LEATHER HAS THAT CERTAIN SMELL,WHEN YOU HAVE SMELT IT YOU UNDERSTAND.SO ALWAYS ASK  BEFORE ASSUMING IT'S A GENUINE ARTICLE.THERE ARE SOME SELLERS OFFERING LINERS THAT ARE NOT LEATHER AS STATED BEWARE! AND ASK IF IT IS REAL LEATHER AS PICS CAN BE DECEPTIVE.REMEMBER? ADDING HOW, WHERE,FOUND NEAR, OR BROUGHT HOME BY VET JUST ADDS THE INTEREST IN SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY ISN'T AT ALL WHERE IT CAME FROM.MORE AND MORE LATVIAN SELLERS ARE APPEARING ON EBAY,AS ALREADY STATED BEWARE ALL TOO OFTEN THESE HELMETS ARE BEING OFFERED FROM SITES AND LOCATIONS AND AS USUAL UNVERIFIED AS ORIGINAL,JUST TAKE CLOSER LOOK AT HELMETS AND DO ASK QUESTIONS,I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL OF A SUDDEN HELMETS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK?,AS TOO MANY ARE FROM NEW SELLERS,AND SOURCES FROM WELL DOCUMENTED WW2 BATTLES, ALWAYS ASK FOR SELLERS RETURN POLICY? AS YET AGAIN SOME SELLERS! NOT ALL FROM THE EAST, ARE HAPPY TO STATE NO RETURNS NOT SO,IF ITEM IS DIFFERENT OR NOT AS ORIGINAL,EVEN NOT AS DESCRIBED! GO TO PAYPAL AND MAKE CLAIM IF ITS NOT AS DESCRIBED,NO SELLER WILL STATE? SOLD AS IS, OR WILL NOT ACCEPT RETURNS,THAT IS NOT THE CASEIN LAW, AS YOU HAVE BUYERS RIGHTS,AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY REMAINS THE CASE,GOODS HAVE TO BE SOLD AS DESCRIBED OR FIT FOR PURPOSE,ALL TOO OFTEN ITS! I REALLY DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WW2 HELMETS, NOT SO! IN MOST CASES AS THEY KNOW! SAYING LITTLE MEANS HIDING THE TRUTH,THE TRUTH IS,TO GIVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION AS IT WILL ALWAYS HELP IN A SALE,HIDING BEHIND BULL THEY HOPE TO FOOL YOU INTO THINKING ITS BETTER THAN THEY ARE WILLING TO DESCRIBE,DONT BE FOOLED,BE ALERT TO SLACK SELLERS WITHOUT MORALS....(PLEASE INDICATE BELOW IF THIS HAS BEEN OF HELP) REGARDS RAY