Sorry for the last response, although the helmet is good the star looks as if it is a repro, when the French refurbished these helmets they removed a lot of fittings. Also the Indochina period helmets are rare (but not as popular).

Order of Phoenix: 2nd Type 1935 – 1973 [Royal Order] - 2nd Variation 1949-1973 [Royal cypher of King Paul]; all 5 Classes: 1st Class / Grand Gross - 2nd Class / Grand Commander - 3rd Class / Commander - 4th Class / Gold Cross - 5th Class / Silver Cross

Saudi Arabia Parachute wings for Officers (Gold) and Enlisted (Silver); Paratrooper and Instructor, from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Bahrain Parachute Wings

Top: Basic Parachutist Qualification Badge: (L) – DRAGO, PARIS / (R) ARTHUS BERTRAND, PARIS Centre: Basic Parachutist Qualification Bullion Bottom: Instructor Parachutist Qualification Badge: (L) – DRAGO PARIS / (R) no hallmarks.

Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Parachute Wings 1956-1966  

Dahomey Parachutist Qualification Insignia 1968-1975 Top: (L) DRAGO, PARIS (C) ARTHUS BERTRAND, PARIS (R) Israeli made Bottom: the short-lived bullion and cloth patches (1974-1975)  

West Germany Parachute Qualification insignia 1956-1957  

Just a note, 99% of these you see are fake. They turn up everywhere. Very easy to fake. Dave

Ok thank you👍

Kind of late on this one, but my 2 cents worth is that it is absolutely a repro.  If I can dig MY REPRO out of one of my piles, I'll post it as another example ... of phoney baloney.

Wow, a really substantive thread re eBay ... many quite right comments.  I've been on fleabay since 1997 and remember the days when you COULD list 3rd Reich memorabilia/collectibles; now long gone, obviously. The main issue seems to me not to be who can "get away with it and who can't." I know they have a staff surveying listings searching for prohibited items; in the past I found them to be tech savvy west coasters with poor judgement.  E.G. I posted a foul weather suit as being "frog skin" which was the trade name.  Yeah, they pulled it within hours because frogs were an endangered species.  When I actually got one of the children on the phone it was impossible to get it through to them ... it devolved that you simply can't use the term.  I listed a set of pistol grips as "FAUX IVORY," and yeah you got it, they pulled within one hour of my posting ... the rationale was that since ivory is prohibited they wouldn't allow anything remotely using the name.  When I pointed out the 3000 other posts using the the word simply meant nothing to them.   That was the in-house crew, however, apparently there is a well-established cadre from the public/followers who take it upon themselves to "police" the site regularly for any of a number of their pet peeves.  Hate to say it but apparently the "golden rule" prevails ... "he with the gold, rules."   Cheers, Allen