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Hello,

 

time to show you one of my latest acquisitions, this very nice M1917A1 helmet identified to a longtime Marine, Henry F.Lesem.

 

He was a member of the 7th Defense Battalion in the Samoa in 1941-42 then belonged to several artillery outfit, in the field then stateside as an instructor. I found him on the Muster Rolls until 1958, as a CWO but he probably stayed in the Corps after that.

 

Beside the written name, this helmet has a very nice apple-green brush repaint ... field repaint with vehicule's paint ?

 

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Super nice helmet!! I imagine it is a Marine Corps re-paint with vehicle paint. This is just a great helmet !!

Larry

Posted

Very nice Etienne! Was this on eBay? I think I was watching it too....glad you got it!

 

Rick

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Very nice Etienne! Was this on eBay? I think I was watching it too....glad you got it!

 

Rick

 

Yes it was ... did a quick research and found the owner had an interesting career so I took a chance ;)

 

I was lucky the seller was willing to ship overseas B)

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Lucky you! It's a very nice helmet, and what a bonus to have a history like that!

 

Congrats!

 

Rick

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Wow! Great looking helmet!

Great research!

 

HOS

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Thanks guys ... I was lucky enough to find some pretty nice items identified to early (1941-42) Marines, I'll try to make a little display with those ;)

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Was this the reason for the request for photographs? Very nice!

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Was this the reason for the request for photographs? Very nice!

 

Yes, and here is what you found, thanks again ... longtime Marine from ww2 to VN.

 

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This is what makes collecting fun... HISTORY... without the eBay drama! :rolleyes:

combat-helmets
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Always wanted an M17A1 definitely tied to a Marine.. no way to tell unless marked in a certain way ( or also the paint such as this one...) that's a killer piece!

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