Justin Posted January 26, 2008 Share #1 Posted January 26, 2008 Hello guys im happy to post this one, this is a USMC helmet, fixed bales 1st type cover USMC insig on the front 100% origanal helmet, i was at my buddys house and i found this in his basement he said he was his grandads helmet from ww2, he knew nothing about it, besides that it was brough home from the war by John Powell hes grandad, He new i was into this kinda stuff so he told me to take it ..and that i did!! here ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted January 26, 2008 One more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted January 26, 2008 Share #3 Posted January 26, 2008 Nice helmet and camo cover but the Marine emblem is post WW2. Maybe the man served well past WW2. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtpcamaroz Posted January 26, 2008 Share #4 Posted January 26, 2008 Very nice friend you have there. I'm surprised he would give up a family keepsake so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted January 26, 2008 Nice helmet and camo cover but the Marine emblem is post WW2. Maybe the man served well past WW2. Greg so maybe used in korea as well as ww2? Justin, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted January 26, 2008 Very nice friend you have there. I'm surprised he would give up a family keepsake so easily. Yes he is very nice i was surprised to so was my dad when i brough it home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsystem4 Posted January 26, 2008 Share #7 Posted January 26, 2008 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
753rd Posted January 26, 2008 Share #8 Posted January 26, 2008 Why would you give something like that away??????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted January 27, 2008 Why would you give something like that away??????????????????????????????? what do you mean? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbas Posted January 27, 2008 Share #10 Posted January 27, 2008 He can mean two things haha 1. He means, that if he was your friend: He would keep it, because he likes it to much. 2. Or...why should anyone give their family items away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share #11 Posted January 27, 2008 He doesnt know anything about ww2 or any US war, to him the helmet was worth less, so its more like i saved it from his basement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted January 27, 2008 Share #12 Posted January 27, 2008 He doesnt know anything about ww2 or any US war, to him the helmet was worth less, so its more like i saved it from his basement he might have givin it away to the Salvation army or Goodwill if you didnt take it one man's junk is another man's treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted January 27, 2008 Share #13 Posted January 27, 2008 That is one nice helmet.....saved from the dark basement !!! ....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share #14 Posted January 28, 2008 he might have givin it away to the Salvation army or Goodwill if you didnt take it one man's junk is another man's treasure. Man? lol it was 2 years ago, we were both 14 at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbuehler Posted January 28, 2008 Share #15 Posted January 28, 2008 so maybe used in korea as well as ww2? Justin, Yes, the emblems were not applied to the covers until the 1950's. Perhaps your friend got the time period mixed up? Nice helmet though. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted January 29, 2008 Share #16 Posted January 29, 2008 still in all nice to find an origional marine lid that is not a put together. ww2-- korea-- who cares-- it's real!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share #17 Posted January 29, 2008 Yes, the emblems were not applied to the covers until the 1950's. Perhaps your friend got the time period mixed up? Nice helmet though. CB Yes but the shell is a fixed bail are there are no slits in the cover he said hes grandba was in ww2, ill ask him next time i see him in school hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share #18 Posted January 29, 2008 still in all nice to find an origional marine lid that is not a put together. ww2-- korea-- who cares-- it's real!!!!!! haha thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted January 29, 2008 Share #19 Posted January 29, 2008 Yes but the shell is a fixed bail are there are no slits in the cover he said hes grandba was in ww2, ill ask him next time i see him in school hehe fixed bail doesn't mean it wasn't still in circulation in Korea. find out when the man was born and you may know your answer. often times gear stays in circulation for years and years in the military, especially the Marine Corps. I know this from experience, my 50 cal machine gun in Iraq was dated maufactored 1943 and rebuilt 1969, I was using it in 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted January 29, 2008 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2008 fixed bail doesn't mean it wasn't still in circulation in Korea. find out when the man was born and you may know your answer. often times gear stays in circulation for years and years in the military, especially the Marine Corps. I know this from experience, my 50 cal machine gun in Iraq was dated maufactored 1943 and rebuilt 1969, I was using it in 2005 I own a camo helmet cover....the so called "1st pattern" w/o foliage slits....that has a small Marine emblem that looks like it was stencilled, not inkstamped, and is the pre 1953 design. Could have been applied anytime from post WW2 thru the Korean War. And I looked at an M1 helmet that had been purchased directly from a Marine who enlisted in 1944 and discharged sometime in the mid to late '50's. It was a fixed bail shell, Korean War liner, and 1953 dated cover. A very typical mixed vintage rig worn by the Marines. No way did they throw away a perfectly serviceable helmet shell just because the Army called them obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfc-Grunt Posted January 29, 2008 Share #21 Posted January 29, 2008 He doesnt know anything about ww2 or any US war, to him the helmet was worth less, so its more like i saved it from his basement You mean you took advantage of his lack of knowledge?...........A fine friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted January 29, 2008 Share #22 Posted January 29, 2008 I own a camo helmet cover....the so called "1st pattern" w/o foliage slits....that has a small Marine emblem that looks like it was stencilled, not inkstamped, and is the pre 1953 design. Could have been applied anytime from post WW2 thru the Korean War. And I looked at an M1 helmet that had been purchased directly from a Marine who enlisted in 1944 and discharged sometime in the mid to late '50's. It was a fixed bail shell, Korean War liner, and 1953 dated cover. A very typical mixed vintage rig worn by the Marines. No way did they throw away a perfectly serviceable helmet shell just because the Army called them obsolete. Amen---when I turned in my backpack to get the "new" ALICE pack in 1976 at Camp Geiger, it was stamped BOYD 1944 and was one of the better ones being turned in---USMC was never one to turn its back on something just cuz it had a little age on it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted January 29, 2008 Share #23 Posted January 29, 2008 Amen---when I turned in my backpack to get the "new" ALICE pack in 1976 at Camp Geiger, it was stamped BOYD 1944 and was one of the better ones being turned in---USMC was never one to turn its back on something just cuz it had a little age on it.... Those M1941 packs stayed in service from 1942 until the mid '70's. The ones made from 1944 until the end of production in the late '60's all looked the same but for the color canvas. I bet that was BOYT instead of BOYD. Boyt Harness made a zillion of those during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share #24 Posted January 30, 2008 You mean you took advantage of his lack of knowledge?...........A fine friend! ...um no.... i said wow i like this...so he said you can have it i said "really" and he said "Yes i dont care" thats not me taking advantage..thanks tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTGSANCHEZ Posted January 30, 2008 Share #25 Posted January 30, 2008 fixed bail doesn't mean it wasn't still in circulation in Korea. find out when the man was born and you may know your answer. often times gear stays in circulation for years and years in the military, especially the Marine Corps. I know this from experience, my 50 cal machine gun in Iraq was dated maufactored 1943 and rebuilt 1969, I was using it in 2005 I always stop by the sick bay for old med corps items. Get blankets and such all the time from them. Old med corp dishware, blankets, etc. I was acting AG for all of IOBC and lugged around a tripod from WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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