Lancer-86 Posted May 25, 2015 Share #1 Posted May 25, 2015 Let's see some dressed up M1 helmets. I'm interested to see the different variations out there. I'll start this out with a few of my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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M24 Chaffee Posted May 25, 2015 Share #4 Posted May 25, 2015 Here's mine. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted May 25, 2015 Share #5 Posted May 25, 2015 Here you go. I have two with nets. First up run of the mill FS FB with German mine flag in netting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted May 25, 2015 Share #6 Posted May 25, 2015 Next up FS FB with Inland Airborne liner. Unfortunately likely the soldier cut the A yokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B24AT6 Posted May 25, 2015 Share #7 Posted May 25, 2015 Here is one with the 1944 US net: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandluke Posted May 25, 2015 Share #8 Posted May 25, 2015 I only have two netted pieces in my collection...both of which are small hole British nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doyler Posted May 25, 2015 Share #11 Posted May 25, 2015 Canadian 2-tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 25, 2015 Share #12 Posted May 25, 2015 Canadian two tone w/scrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 25, 2015 Share #13 Posted May 25, 2015 Oder picture I have posted in the past Wire netting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 25, 2015 Share #14 Posted May 25, 2015 Para helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juodonnell2012 Posted May 25, 2015 Share #15 Posted May 25, 2015 Here's one with a little French flare. not necessarily WW2 but almost all parts are ww2. This Is my French Indochina para helmet. The netting is a piece of ww2 british two tone scarf being used as a helmet net on a nice front seam swivel bail helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtilk8455 Posted May 26, 2015 Share #16 Posted May 26, 2015 I also have two helmets in my collection that have a net on them. The first is a FS FB with an officer's follow me strip in the back. The net is Canadian 2-tone, although almost all of it is brown. The other helmet is a First Infantry Division FS FB with a matching liner. The netting is British made (correct me if I am wrong). Both are two of my favorite helmets in my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblackw1 Posted May 27, 2015 Share #17 Posted May 27, 2015 This is my FS FB helmet. The net is original to the helmet. Straight from an estate. Wish I knew more about it. Were the same types of nets used in the ETO and the PTO? Ive always been curious about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy.502 Posted May 27, 2015 Share #18 Posted May 27, 2015 This question might seem a bit obvious, but how do you tell if a net is ww2, especially the large squared knotted nets, surely this would be pretty easy to age and fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 27, 2015 Share #19 Posted May 27, 2015 This question might seem a bit obvious, but how do you tell if a net is ww2, especially the large squared knotted nets, surely this would be pretty easy to age and fake. I don't believe the small mesh nets were made post WWII, and no one is currently faking them. As for the larger half inch nets, I have had repros from Jmurray, At The Front and Top Pots, and you can tell pretty easy that they are modern made repros next to an original. On those repros I handled, the weave is loose, they were softer, there was small loose fibers all over it (Similar to reproduction steel pot chinstraps). When you drop it on over a helmet it doesn't make a sound. However when I drop one of my originals over top a helmet it does make a slight sound (I'd assume from the knots) due to the age and chemicals the nets were treated with, which obviously they are not treated with today, so period original nets are more stiff than new repros, also they just look so much better. Any helmet nerd like me would tell you once you get a few originals on the lids on the shelf a reproduction net just doesn't look good. Hope that helps. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Posted June 6, 2015 Share #20 Posted June 6, 2015 My contribution. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstout Posted June 6, 2015 Share #21 Posted June 6, 2015 Here is M1 from a 116th AAA vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstout Posted June 6, 2015 Share #22 Posted June 6, 2015 And one on a small panel x 4 medic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted September 25, 2018 Share #23 Posted September 25, 2018 I'll throw one of mine in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted September 25, 2018 Share #24 Posted September 25, 2018 Cant forget the commando/sniper net...mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray175INF Posted September 25, 2018 Share #25 Posted September 25, 2018 Nice, Mike! I just picked up a pair of those M-1943s to go with one of my helmets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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