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[Flying10uk]

but after a few seconds, all I see is 1962.

Perhaps it's time to get your eyesight tested.

If it is 1962 it certainly doesn't look like it.

[MAC702]

Perhaps it's time to get your eyesight tested.

If it is 1962 it certainly doesn't look like it.

Apparently this was all hashed out six pages ago, and I did not intend to start it all over again, but the left side is clearly a straight edge and the top right has the end of the 6 exactly opposite where the 2 starts in the top left. It's clearly a 6. I can't even see the 8 anymore after noticing those.

[Flying10uk]

but the left side is clearly a straight edge and the top right has the end of the 6 exactly opposite where the 2 starts in the top left. It's clearly a 6. I can't even see the 8 anymore after noticing those.

Clearly it is not and clearly it appears to be an 8. However it is a poor quality ink marking that has clearly been "smudged" during application.

Nothing is impossible and "spare parts/components" are often manufactured for a product that has gone out of production but remains in use.

My French M1 helmet shell in unissued condition is clearly marked 1952, with no "smudging", and so is a nice early example.