diggummup Posted December 10, 2013 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2013 This is an M1 helmet with a swivel bail, front seam and no liner. It has been painted bronze and has an "official US taxpayer" decal on it. Do you think this is a modifed protest helmet worn by some hippie protester in the 60's? That's what i'm thinking. Also, would something like this have any value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted December 10, 2013 Share #2 Posted December 10, 2013 Don't know how much in favor of paying taxes the hippies were that threw dog crap on a friend of my dad back in '68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted December 10, 2013 Share #3 Posted December 10, 2013 Looks more like the helmet of a disgruntled veteran ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88thcollector Posted December 10, 2013 Share #4 Posted December 10, 2013 it is probably from the government hating right wing side; more likely John Birch Society than hippie or anti-war protester. There are lots of varieties with the same message and lots of pin backs and badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted December 10, 2013 Share #5 Posted December 10, 2013 Not sure if it would be John Birch, I figure they'd be a bit more openly anti-communist/UN, etc. It could very well just be from resistance to the increases in taxes that occurred sometime between 68-74 or so that Nixon, I think, put in place to combat inflation, but actually lead to "stagflation," maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggummup Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted December 10, 2013 Don't know how much in favor of paying taxes the hippies were that threw dog crap on a friend of my dad back in '68. Yeah, I guess "Protest Helmet' would be a more fitting title than Hippie Helmet" Looks more like the helmet of a disgruntled veteran ! I think that makes more sense. Being that the decal is 60's early 70's Vietnam era, I would think the disgruntled vet. would have been a Vietnam vet? With that being said, wouldn't a disgruntled Vietnam Vet. be wearing the newer style M1 that would have been issued to him versus an old style WW2 front seam M1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted December 15, 2013 Share #7 Posted December 15, 2013 I would say that whoever made that protest helmet just went to the local army navy surplus store and bought a helmet from the pile for a few bucks and it just happened to be a WWII pot or they found it in their attic, yardsale etc.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggummup Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted December 15, 2013 I would say that whoever made that protest helmet just went to the local army navy surplus store and bought a helmet from the pile for a few bucks and it just happened to be a WWII pot or they found it in their attic, yardsale etc.....mike Thanks. I forgot, WW2 surplus was a dime a dozen back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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