juodonnell2012 Posted May 29, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 29, 2017 Hello everyone I have two questions on Westinghouse Airborne liners. Are they ever seen with unpainted steel A washers and cast buckles? I've only ever handled examples that had green A washers. Also I was wondering if they were seen with black A washers and cast buckles? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyfamily Posted May 29, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 29, 2017 Hello everyone I have two questions on Westinghouse Airborne liners. Are they ever seen with unpainted steel A washers and cast buckles? I've only ever handled examples that had green A washers. Also I was wondering if they were seen with black A washers and cast buckles? Thanks in advance! Steel washers are early war I believe. So maybe early airborne liners would have them? As for cast buckles I don't have much experience with airborne liners so I couldn't tell you. -Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny67 Posted May 30, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 30, 2017 The first run of Westinghouse liners are confirmed to be with green A Washers. You either have a very interesting factory anomaly, or a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted May 30, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 30, 2017 Blackened brass A-washers and cast buckles is possible, those are later war liners... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juodonnell2012 Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted May 30, 2017 Thank you for the response guys! I recently received a blackened brass A washer type with cast buckles from a French Indochina veteran which he wore up until the 60s. I found it odd as i have only ever seen the blackened A washer westinhouse liners with wire buckles. On my liner the cast buckles are still green while the washers are black. Is this normal? I will post photos as soon as I get a new camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted June 1, 2017 Share #6 Posted June 1, 2017 Yes, definitely normal. They were used in very limited numbers for the Market Garden drop, and in huge quantities during operation Varsity. Mid war liners tend to have green A-washers, later Westinghouse changed to blackened brass, the paratroop liners are no exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCheese Posted August 28, 2019 Share #7 Posted August 28, 2019 Thought I'd bump this thread with a liner I just got... It's an early unpainted washer Westinghouse with cut yokes. Clearly some exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted August 28, 2019 Share #8 Posted August 28, 2019 Nice, can you tell if the female snap is larger than normal?.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCheese Posted August 28, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 28, 2019 They are the same to within 1/100th of an inch. It is possible this is a rigger modified liner but the washer rivets all match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted August 29, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 29, 2019 I was just wondering if this might be one of those early mistake batches that had the larger female snap that was too big for the male snap of the para chinstrap...mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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