HELMET PRESERVATION, DISPLAY, REFERENCE & MISC.

97 topics in this forum

1. Oiling Your Helmets & Other Helmet Preservation Misconceptions 1 2 3 4

   By Bugme, June 18, 2009
   • 77 replies
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   • vulcan65
   • March 23, 2022

2. Authenticating Helmets With XRF Spectroscopy 1 2 3

   By jgawne, September 4, 2013
   • 67 replies
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   • ispy
   • January 15, 2021

3. What Does A $24,000.00 Fake Helmet Look Like? 1 2 3 4

   By Bugme, December 2, 2015
   • 82 replies
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   • RANDALL 1953
   • November 22, 2020

4. Helmet Reference Book Guide

   By Bugme, September 9, 2009
   • 19 replies
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   • Bugme
   • February 26, 2019

5. MP helmet question

   By SA1794, April 20
   • 4 replies
   • 636 views
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   • SA1794
   • April 26

6. Some Hollywood helmets 1 2 3 4 17

   By gunbunny, October 21, 2011
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   • patches
   • April 13

7. PASGT Ragtop/Manchu Hair Scrim Research

   By scrimenjoyer, March 23
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   • scrimenjoyer
   • March 23

8. Should I treat this sweatband?

   By ThatOneNewGuy816, February 14
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   • RustyCanteen
   • February 14

9. A bunch of m1 liner sweatbands

   By vette, January 6
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   • vette
   • January 6

10. M1 liner restoration advice needed.

    By ThatOneNewGuy816, November 30, 2022
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    • ThatOneNewGuy816
    • November 30, 2022

11. SHOW OFF YOUR RESTORED HELMETS! 1 2

    By anton67, December 13, 2014
    • 27 replies
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    • ThatOneNewGuy816
    • November 30, 2022

12. 2 New Helmets, WW1 & Vietnam

    By freakjeep73, May 26, 2015
    • 14 replies
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    • ThatOneNewGuy816
    • November 30, 2022

13. Displaying helmets

    By 917601, April 19, 2019
    • 17 replies
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    • DBURDBUSH45
    • November 7, 2022

14. M1Helmet Pic from YANK newspaper in April ,1944

    By 338thRCT, August 27, 2022
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    • 338thRCT
    • August 27, 2022

15. anybody know what this if off hand, or ware I should look for markings??

    By Jeremy619, May 7, 2022
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    • Jeremy619
    • May 10, 2022

16. Unknown blue steel helmet

    By ocsfollowme, May 7, 2022
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    • sundance
    • May 7, 2022

17. Photos of Americans wearing WWI French Helmets 1 2 3

    By Croix de Guerre, January 27, 2012
    • 71 replies
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    • UnteroffizierFSAR9
    • February 20, 2022

18. Helmets Through the Ages

    By The Rooster, February 8, 2022
    • 4 replies
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    • ArchangelDM
    • February 8, 2022

19. Just found in a garage M1C & M17 Brodie 30th ID

    By manayunkman, November 4, 2021
    • 24 replies
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    • manayunkman
    • January 16, 2022

20. Charles Yust - Father of Modern Helmet Collecting

    By Chim Chim the Diminutive, January 16, 2022
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    • Chim Chim the Diminutive
    • January 16, 2022

21. WWII Paratrooper helmet chinstrap question

    By bldrhouse, December 1, 2021
    • 1 reply
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    • Bugme
    • December 3, 2021

22. Restoration Do or dont.

    By The Rooster, April 28, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • JasonT
    • April 28, 2019

23. Preserving leather liner chinstraps

    By anelles, October 31, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • gap
    • November 2, 2018

24. Heat stamps

    By easterneagle87, October 29, 2018
    • 13 replies
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    • Theriddler
    • October 29, 2018

25. Painted Sun Helmet

    By strawberry 9, October 25, 2018
    • 10 replies
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    • ArchangelDM
    • October 26, 2018

26. Infrared pulse thermography: seeing through paint

    By ken88, October 25, 2018
    • 5 replies
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    • Bugme
    • October 25, 2018

27. Pith Helmet... What have I got?

    By Schnicklfritz, March 2, 2018
    • 9 replies
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    • Schnicklfritz
    • March 2, 2018

28. Pith helmet help

    By cerick1450, May 3, 2017
    • 8 replies
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    • MattS
    • May 5, 2017

29. Pith Helmet with Mobile decal... Civilian or Military?

    By ParanormalTrooper, March 4, 2017
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    • ParanormalTrooper
    • March 4, 2017

30. Helmet Glass Display Case 1 2 3

    By anton67, February 19, 2017
    • 54 replies
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    • anton67
    • February 23, 2017

31. NCO in Sun Helmet, CAC 1941 Hawaiian Department

    By Salvage Sailor, December 11, 2016
    • 1 reply
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    • agate hunter
    • February 15, 2017

32. German helmets in US use?

    By Chickenpuffball, January 25, 2017
    • 17 replies
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    • atb
    • January 26, 2017

33. Training Helmet or Football Helmets

    By tony75, October 25, 2016
    • 13 replies
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    • 72psb
    • October 25, 2016

34. Some nice "embellished" Sun Helmets

    By Patchcollector, October 11, 2016
    • 1 reply
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    • trenchfoot
    • October 12, 2016

35. WW2 Marine Corps USMC pith helmet ID'd

    By Pbaczuk, July 18, 2016
    • 5 replies
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    • airborne53
    • August 25, 2016

36. French Adrian with AEF painting helmet ?

    By Simonmon, August 11, 2016
    • 5 replies
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    • Simonmon
    • August 11, 2016

37. taking photos of your helmets 1 2

    By 1972firebird, July 8, 2016
    • 27 replies
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    • 1972firebird
    • July 11, 2016

38. Helmets restoration advice needed 1 2

    By blademan, June 10, 2016
    • 28 replies
    • 10.7k views
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    • Gtilk8455
    • June 13, 2016

39. Siblings?

    By strawberry 9, February 17, 2016
    • 19 replies
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    • jmd62
    • March 7, 2016

40. Id'd Painted Navy Pith helmet & extras

    By jasonm, February 6, 2016
    • 4 replies
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    • sigsaye
    • February 8, 2016

41. How to make a burlap cover?

    By SergeantMajorGray, February 3, 2016
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    • WW2JAKE
    • February 3, 2016

42. Helmet etiquette? 1 2

    By WW2JAKE, January 24, 2016
    • 25 replies
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    • ccyooper
    • January 26, 2016

43. Another One Selling Off Of Ebay

    By anton67, January 25, 2016
    • 16 replies
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    • Bugme
    • January 25, 2016

44. What kind of helmet is this?

    By rrobertscv, January 24, 2016
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    • Bugme
    • January 24, 2016

45. show those makeshift helmet stands 1 2 3 4 5

    By WW2JAKE, February 13, 2015
    • 110 replies
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    • David D
    • January 4, 2016

46. Helmet display question

    By AnDuc49, November 24, 2015
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    • 72psb
    • November 24, 2015

47. Helmet Storage & Display Cabinets

    By warpath, October 28, 2015
    • 9 replies
    • 9.9k views
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    • Cap Camouflage Pattern I
    • October 29, 2015

48. WWII Navy Mark Five Diving Helmet 8-43 1 2

    By Dirt Detective, July 9, 2015
    • 36 replies
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    • BROBS
    • October 26, 2015

49. Question About Mark V Dive Hard Hat Helmet

    By Tonomachi, October 24, 2015
    • 8 replies
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    • Dirt Detective
    • October 25, 2015

50. Steel Pots by Chris Arnold?

    By josegarcia8578, August 28, 2015
    • 17 replies
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    • josegarcia8578
    • September 15, 2015