A very similar helmet wandered around ebay for a while a few years back likewise labled as a replacement funnery achievement. I have read/heard tell of replacements being made up for funnery pieces that disappeared or became so decompoased over the years as to be no longer workable so its at least slightly possible that the attributation " might " be correct. The bowl appears to be of correct " crimped " comb construction to potentially be original. The ebay helmet made mention of the same thing in the write up about being composed of parts of older helmets. While of the same style, including the pointy bit at the peak of the comb, they are definitely different helmets.
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