Peterbiltprison Posted March 19, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2014 Is it me or is this completely off http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korean-Ware-era-US-Army-helmet-liner-that-looks-like-steel-pot-helmet-75-/380865946624?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58ad612400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvmhm Posted March 19, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 19, 2014 The seller said he thinks it was for a movie or maybe a cadet....I'd go with the movie prop theory...otherwise they don't look like they're trying to pull anything funny.... Mark sends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC-RECON0321 Posted March 19, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 19, 2014 I would say prop, but well done and pretty hard to tell its really only a doctored up liner and not a steel shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted March 19, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 19, 2014 Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackconaway Posted March 19, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 19, 2014 the bales are really weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterbiltprison Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted March 19, 2014 it took me a good few takes just to see what it was I thought i had a shell but a closer look proved me wrong. But thanks for the feed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 20, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 20, 2014 That looks like the type worn in Patton by George C.Scott and Carl Maulden, also the type worn by Major Houlihan in MASH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted March 21, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 21, 2014 You're right patches! It looks just like those funky helmets. Btw why did that movie use foreign clones for American helmets in the first place? Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 21, 2014 Share #9 Posted March 21, 2014 You're right patches! It looks just like those funky helmets. Btw why did that movie use foreign clones for American helmets in the first place? Ronnie The same reason they put a French M51 steel helmet on the head of the actor who was playing the U.S. General James Gavin in The Bridge too Far, they didn't know or care, more on the didn't care side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted March 21, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 21, 2014 this definitely looks like the work of a Hollywood prop dept, looks close enough that most viewers are not going to notice its a fake prop helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted March 21, 2014 Share #11 Posted March 21, 2014 the profile looks a little off but from a distance you wouldnt notice on film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted March 21, 2014 Share #12 Posted March 21, 2014 That must be sn awful lot of work to make those....how did they get rid of all the exterior rivet heads and also atatching the metal M1 helmet rim edging to the plastic liner edge....i would thonk it would have been easier for a prop department to just make a fiber glass mold of the steel shell...i think i read another thread years ago about some of these being officer or nco helmets too...im not saying its not a hollywood helmet but also possible parade type thing....wish i could find the old threads but im on my phone right now....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugi45 Posted March 24, 2014 Share #13 Posted March 24, 2014 Seems like it would be a lot of work to make one look like this. Very odd though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 30, 2019 Share #14 Posted December 30, 2019 One more sighting of the type being worn in Patton, by Bill Hickman who played Patton's driver, I don't know, they must have had a few of these prop helmets floating around in wardrobe. Hickman on the right, while the other two wear real helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 30, 2019 Share #15 Posted December 30, 2019 Yep Patches that is the same helmet that Scott and Malden wear. Funky! Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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