Steindaddie Posted August 15, 2013 Share #1 Posted August 15, 2013 Here is a nice cloth helmet from a metalsmith aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) from 1937-42. My question is why would he wear white? All I hear is that that color relates to safety/medical personnel; something a metalsmith is not commonly associated with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 15, 2013 Share #2 Posted August 15, 2013 Most likely because "that's the color they came in" during that pre-war era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted August 15, 2013 Share #3 Posted August 15, 2013 That's a nice one steindaddie. I seem to remember seeing these old cloth helmets in different colors available in the dime bins at surplus stores when I was young and I didn't pay any attention to them. I wish I had. Here's one of those great Life Magazine color shots from the deck of one of our pre-WW2 carriers. See all the different color cloth helmets and how some of the guys wear them. The one talking seems to have a white one on. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdaas Posted August 16, 2013 Share #4 Posted August 16, 2013 Aviation Metalsmith's currently wear white cranial's when working in a quality assurance capacity. Also, safety department has no specific rate....just a guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted August 16, 2013 Share #5 Posted August 16, 2013 This is one of my favorites of Deitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted August 29, 2013 Share #6 Posted August 29, 2013 That's nice. Here's another from the same artist with a similar theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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