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WWI USMC Painted Helmets with EGAs


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  • 4 weeks later...
Schnicklfritz

Here is a better shot of the Langfield helmet. One of my all time favorite pieces.

Very close in looks like my 13th Regiment helmet posted earlier in this thread Eric. I have seen another like yours a few years ago also.

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Here's miy WWI USMC helmet to add to the discussion. I don't have any idea which USMC unit this is attributed to. So if any of you experts can tell me I would appreciate it.

 

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Here is my latest. Love the patina on and around the ega. Un-identified, but was given directly by the family to a new friend who acquired it twenty years ago. A trade added it to my collection. I know at least one other has been posted previously on this thread. This is the 15th Separate Battalion. Kevin

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I think it is a total fake and you should send it to me to properly dispose of.

 

Drool.....................

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Great piece Kevin. This makes six (6) now that I have seen of these painted exactly the same way. Have never seen one painted any other way that I thought was real.

 

Here is another one of mine (in additional to Lt. C0verdell's. I found this one several years ago in a local museum. They just wanted a representative WW1 helmet so I traded them an unpainted one + $100 donation for this one.

 

Well, I now own it! Kew-el!

 

Cody

 

 

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I'm not sure if these two qualify for this thread, but here they are anyway. Indian head on a green cross, and on a shell. The shell is named to Philsin. That helmet has also been painted brown.

 

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Hi Robin,

 

The green cross is an Army Sanitation Train helmet while the green shell is an Army 17th Field Artillery Supply Company helmet. Nice helmets though they might be more appropriate in this thread - http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4139-wwi-painted-helmets/page-24

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Interesting helmet. Except for the odd multi-colored border, this seems to be done the same way as all of the 8th (MG) Co. helmets. The Indian is an exact match and the color seems to be purple not black.

 

I took a look and indeed Odell was in the 8th Co. if even for a short time. This must have been when he had his helmet painted.

 

My guess is the name inside and border highlights were added way after the war. Perhaps for a parade in the 40's? When did the term "WW1" first start to see use (vs. Great War)?

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For those who did not see, there was another 8th Co. helmet on eBay just a couple weeks ago.

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