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Estate sale find, M.P. helmet, front seam fixed loop


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Here are some better(I hope) pictures of the mp I found at estate sale. I think it s stainless steel rims, fixed loop with o email side missing. Frt seam. Dark green in color. Has whipe stencil with what seems to be a white band. It's hard to tell if the bandis paint or adhesive. Has a name written inside vandal bouchard, or vanda L. Bouchard. Any thought from the pro'spost-11207-0-02756700-1495843698_thumb.jpg

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GeneralCheese

Very interesting MP helmet. There appears to be a black box behind the MP stencil leading me to believe this is actually a post-war Canadian MP helmet; one of the multitudes purchased by Canada from the US in the 60's.

 

http://mpmuseum.org/securhelmet.html

 

 

I agree. The black marker names on the inside are also a hallmark of Canadian used helmets.

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Burning Hazard

Also to add, Bouchard is a quite common last name in Canada; particularly in our french speaking province of Quebec.

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Learn something new everyday here. Luckily I have friend who informed of the same info, and he wants to buy it. Any value ? what do these go for? Can someone help me with what I should charge?

 

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This is correct, very common practice among Canadian soldiers to mark the inside of the shell in black marker pen, and we also used the last 3 digits of our social insurance numbers (similar to social security numbers in the US) as identifiers similar to the way soldiers used the 4 digits and their name in WWII.

 

In excellent shape I've seen these Canadian 60s / 70s era MP helmets go for about $200 but this one is pretty rough so it's really worth what anybody would pay for it I think.

 

Rick

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Thanks Rick,

 

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Since it's in bad shape I wouldn't feel right giving it to my freind. Ill list it on eBay and see what happens.

 

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