Bluespicker Posted September 22, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 22, 2014 Got this sort of as an impulse on EBAY. Not sure exactly what it is... anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 22, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 22, 2014 Dont recall the standard US tankers helmet having the front brow visor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted September 22, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 22, 2014 Looks like an early football helmet to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted September 22, 2014 Share #4 Posted September 22, 2014 Not a US tanker's helmet, but as a vintage football helmet it may still have value Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchepurko Posted September 22, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 22, 2014 Football yes, I used to collect these. It does have value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted September 22, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 22, 2014 Foreign clone of the US tanker helmet? Looks kind of like what Telly Savalas wore in the movie "Battle of the Bulge." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 22, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 22, 2014 Foreign clone of the US tanker helmet? Looks kind of like what Telly Savalas wore in the movie "Battle of the Bulge." Thats what I was thinking as well. I havent collected football helmets but the ones I have seen are all leather.This on seems to have the fiber top. What are the interior markings? Are any present or readable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted September 22, 2014 Share #8 Posted September 22, 2014 Rawlings was a tanker helmet manufacturer and the design came from their design I was led to believe. It's a great piece if you are that type of collector Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespicker Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted September 23, 2014 I am awaiting delivery of the item and I will photograph and check for markings. My original thought was an earlier helmet and I saw something that was a "infantrymen's style"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted September 23, 2014 Share #10 Posted September 23, 2014 I believe i found one similar to yours years ago, i thought i stumbled on an experimental tanker or an in between model of the Cavalry/infantry helmet and the M38 tanker we all know and love....i even found a photo of a tanker wearing a possibly similar helmet with Patton but the photo was not very clear enough to determine if it was the same, i think the jury is still out on this one as ive heard of a few more like it, some say foorball and some think tanker...i still have mine shown in this thread.......very cool helmet you have there!...check out the link to the thread.....mike http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/53880-possible-cavalry-tanker-helmet-find/?hl=%2Borange+%2Btanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespicker Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted September 24, 2014 Okay... this might be important or not.... but the helmet I just obtained has remnants of orange paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 24, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 24, 2014 I believe i found one similar to yours years ago, i thought i stumbled on an experimental tanker or an in between model of the Cavalry/infantry helmet and the M38 tanker we all know and love....i even found a photo of a tanker wearing a possibly similar helmet with Patton but the photo was not very clear enough to determine if it was the same, i think the jury is still out on this one as ive heard of a few more like it, some say foorball and some think tanker...i still have mine shown in this thread.......very cool helmet you have there!...check out the link to the thread.....mike http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/53880-possible-cavalry-tanker-helmet-find/?hl=%2Borange+%2Btanker I notice the ones in the Life photos seem to lack the webb straps on the rear of the helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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