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2nd Ranger M1 - Real or No ??

Started by 55rab , Feb 13 2008 03:40 AM

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#1 55rab

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:40 AM

Here is part of the seller's descrition and photos. I have not seen enough real ones to tell, but the scratches do not seem natural to me. Is it authentic ??

ORIGINAL 2ND RANGER BATTALION HELMET, NOT A RECENT PAINTED AND AGED COPY

THIS HELMET COMES FROM A LONG TIME COLLECTOR WHO PURCHASED AT AN AUCTION IN CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA IN 1982

HELMET HAS,
FIXED BALES
STAINLESS STEEL RIM
SEAM IN FRONT
WESTINGHOUSE LINER

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:40 AM

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:41 AM

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:41 AM

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:42 AM

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#6 Michiel M.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 06:40 AM

I don't have a good feeling about this one.. Fake I'd say..

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#7 Gregory

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 07:27 AM

Too fresh, too beautiful...

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#8 Pfc-Grunt

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 08:25 AM

In my humble opinion the diamond has been painted on more recently.
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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:12 PM

$1,500 4 hours left...WOW :blink:

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#10 55rab

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 03:31 AM

It brought $2,025 on e-bay. Imagine what a real one would do ! !
"Get to those men in Bastogne" - (then) LTC. Creighton Abrams, battalion commander of the 4th Armored Division spearhead that broke the seige on Dec. 26, 1944.

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#11 Raddock

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 06:38 AM

How can you someone with that much cash have so little idea. Looks like a fake from a mile away IMHO

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 09:14 AM

IMO... way too fresh... http://www.usmilitar...tyle_emoticons/default/thumbdown.gif

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 09:38 AM

it doesnt makes sense that so many 2nd Ranger bn helmets are for sale? always an elite unit or some other famous unit

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 11:20 AM

it doesnt makes sense that so many 2nd Ranger bn helmets are for sale? always an elite unit or some other famous unit

FAKE


very ture, fake airborne are all was 506st AB. . . . . . Band of Brothers... seems fishy :lol:

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