What do you helmet guys think of this helmet. I think it was made up.Looks like a lot of work. It ended over $ 500.00 on ebay
https://www.ebay.com...cvip=true&rt=nc
Posted 06 December 2017 - 03:50 PM
What do you helmet guys think of this helmet. I think it was made up.Looks like a lot of work. It ended over $ 500.00 on ebay
https://www.ebay.com...cvip=true&rt=nc
Posted 06 December 2017 - 04:09 PM
Without any real provenance or being able to put a microscope to the paint its hard to tell. And I believe burlap covers were more of a post war thing but really anything could be used as a helmet cover during WW2.
Hunt
Posted 06 December 2017 - 04:18 PM
Without any real provenance or being able to put a microscope to the paint its hard to tell. And I believe burlap covers were more of a post war thing but really anything could be used as a helmet cover during WW2.
Hunt
Posted 06 December 2017 - 04:20 PM
My first impression was not good when I first saw this. I didn't look much further into it.
Posted 06 December 2017 - 04:24 PM
You mostly saw burlap covers in the South Pacific before the camouflage helmet covers were intoduced. Especially with Marine raiders, and army who would camouflage them with paint. I was skeptical about the helmet because the liner and chinstraps looked to new for me.
Yeah if the cover was real the liner most likely was put in later as the black a washers suggest that would have been a late war helmet in which case I doubt the burlap cover would still have been in use with the introduction of the helmet cover
Hunt
Posted 06 December 2017 - 04:50 PM
I like it.
The base material looks like a khaki twill shirt material.
Also appears to have rust coming from under the cover that has stained the cover and the cover looks like its molded to the helmet.
Looking at the edge there are signs of wear and the rim worn through
Seller is a member here and has had the helmet for a while.
The light/flash may affect the shine to the paint and would be nice to see it in hand.
Like this one a lot better than the cloth covered helmet Bay State sold....
Edited by doyler, 06 December 2017 - 04:55 PM.
Posted 07 December 2017 - 07:08 AM
I've seen this one before. I think it was listed around $1,600. IIRC Jkash had it at one point but it was around before that. It's been discussed before, I think somebody said they saw an identical one.
Posted 07 December 2017 - 07:35 AM
I've seen this one before. I think it was listed around $1,600. IIRC Jkash had it at one point but it was around before that. It's been discussed before, I think somebody said they saw an identical one.
Posted 07 December 2017 - 09:24 PM
I think I seen this helmet at the SOS several years ago.
Posted 08 December 2017 - 10:57 AM
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