stealthytyler Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #26 Posted January 6, 2017 I have a Foxy 29 medical helmet from a sailor at Utah beach. No grey bands at all. Red Cross on front with name. Maybe he never made it ashore and stayed on the LST? I posted the helmet on this forum. Search foxy 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 6, 2017 Share #27 Posted January 6, 2017 This photo was in an album that sold on ebay.No unit given that I recall but a picture showing the helmets worn in England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #28 Posted January 6, 2017 Those are all super thick bands. I see more photos of bands the same size thickness as the one being sold than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted January 6, 2017 Share #29 Posted January 6, 2017 Hi Steve - Do you - or anybody else - have any info on the one that sold last year? Maybe pics or something? I watch these pretty closely, and don't remember that auction; or posts here, which it likely would have generated. Certainly possible I missed it. Quite respectfully, when I read a vague statement with "pretty sure" and "closer to $2000", I'm not sure how to interpret it. Without stickling on semantics, does that mean $1751, as it was in reference to a $1500 question, or something else? My reason for asking, is that there've been multiple threads regarding our custodianship in "what's it worth" posts. Not that a beginning collector will necessarily make their first purchase a Navy Beach Battalion helmet, but I think a lot (too much) about numbers that we throw out, as some folks use them as guidance. Said another way, it sounds like you're pretty knowledgable on these helmets. You note that you've paid as little as $500 for one, and are pretty sure one sold for closer to $2000. If you walked into a local antique show, and saw this same helmet sitting on a table, what would YOU reach into your pocket and pay for it? Thanks I'm pretty sure one sold on ebay last year for closer to $2,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsystem4 Posted January 6, 2017 Share #30 Posted January 6, 2017 Yellow armband with black SP. Just FYI yellow armband with black SP is shore party. Any personnel assigned to a shore party could/would wear the armbands. Sometimes these were joint army/navy units. Also Beach Battalions and shore parties were different units with different responsibilities. Beach Battalions being the larger and purely navy organization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #31 Posted January 6, 2017 Just FYI yellow armband with black SP is shore party. Any personnel assigned to a shore party could/would wear the armbands. Sometimes these were joint army/navy units. Also Beach Battalions and shore parties were different units with different responsibilities. Beach Battalions being the larger and purely navy organization Well it all adds up now. I don't have any photos of the battalion wearing them but it doesn't mean they didn't! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 6, 2017 Share #32 Posted January 6, 2017 I get a little wonky every time I see someone with "1" as their feedback score, coming back time and again boosting the bids like what is happening on this helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #33 Posted January 6, 2017 I get a little wonky every time I see someone with "1" as their feedback score, coming back time and again boosting the bids like what is happening on this helmet. +1 So hard to judge the helmet given the bad photographs. Needs some better lighting and close up images of the paint. Think I will wait for a named set with solid provenance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted January 6, 2017 Share #34 Posted January 6, 2017 Here's another pic of one of these helmets in use on Omaha Beach, 7 June 44...I ran across it when I was at NARA and thought it was cool... Great photo Dave Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share #35 Posted January 6, 2017 Here are some screen grabs from a video taken on Utah Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted January 6, 2017 Share #36 Posted January 6, 2017 Agreed. +1 So hard to judge the helmet given the bad photographs. Needs some better lighting and close up images of the paint. Think I will wait for a named set with solid provenance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted January 6, 2017 Share #37 Posted January 6, 2017 not something I would be comfortable spending that amount of money on without seeing it.... especially in this auction with poor photos. it could very well be good... it could very well be not good. also, as stated that without an ID or unit info there is no way to call this a "D-Day" helmet. maybe "D-Day style" as in an ebay title would be more appropriate. if anything they should be labeled as "Normandy campaign" helmets IMO without proper provenance. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstout Posted January 6, 2017 Share #38 Posted January 6, 2017 I get a little wonky every time I see someone with "1" as their feedback score, coming back time and again boosting the bids like what is happening on this helmet. Yeah, I noticed that. However, in this case, there is a positive side of the boosting in that we will get a better feel for the reserve on this helmet. So it should be fun watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anton67 Posted January 8, 2017 Share #39 Posted January 8, 2017 For what it is worth, the seller sells a lot of militaria. His last feedback, however, was over a year ago. Also, it also concerns me that the "1" feedback guy keeps boosting the bidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 8, 2017 Share #40 Posted January 8, 2017 If anyone cares, the reserve is $3K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share #41 Posted January 8, 2017 Yikes. How didn't you find that out? Doubt it will meet the reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted January 8, 2017 Share #42 Posted January 8, 2017 Yikes. How didn't you find that out? Doubt it will meet the reserve. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he asked the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share #43 Posted January 8, 2017 Or he may be the seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted January 8, 2017 Share #44 Posted January 8, 2017 Or he may be the seller Bugme is not the seller. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkash23686 Posted January 8, 2017 Share #45 Posted January 8, 2017 Or he may be the seller nooooooooope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonm Posted January 8, 2017 Share #46 Posted January 8, 2017 Don't think Bugme would need EBay to move a quality helmet. I'm positive he has access to the top M1 helmet collectors in the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 8, 2017 Share #47 Posted January 8, 2017 I am not the seller nor do I even know the seller. Just passing along the information. For the record, with no provenance, $3K is a bit above max, for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpstout Posted January 8, 2017 Share #48 Posted January 8, 2017 here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share #49 Posted January 8, 2017 here... How did you see this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted January 8, 2017 Share #50 Posted January 8, 2017 How did you see this? Thanks For some reason the reserve shows up in the mobile version but,not the normal site. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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