New 39th medic co. Helmet

[beerdragon54]

Picked this up recent and I like it but am no pro. Obviously a Post war paint job and I haven’t tried researching the name yet but it appears right to me and always been together. I will let the experts chime in if they do so desire.

 

 

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[Bodes]

Webbing, sweatband, chinstrap, and nape in the liner look unused....Artwork looks cool, but agree overpaint looks post-WW2.....Bodes

[patches]

Only seeing a 39th Evacuation Hospital, 39th Field Hospital and a 39th Medical Battalion during WWII.

[stealthytyler]

maybe it was covered with shellac and thats why the white has a yellow/brow stain to it.

[Charger22]

Looks like a 3 Infantry patch painted on the side but the stripes are slanted the wrong way and there are to many stripes

[Burning Hazard]

My guess is post-war commemorative helmet made for a vet or legion hall etc.

 

Pat

[Ronnie]

There are supposed to be three white stripes in the 3rd ID patch. Soooooo somebody really screwed up.

Ronnie

[Bugme]

maybe it was covered with shellac and thats why the white has a yellow/brow stain to it.

I have to agree, aged shellac. However. I doubt that a lot of that painting was ever used in the field, I am thinking, as others have stated, some kind of tribute helmet for a vet. The white liners were used heavily by VFW's in parades from the mid-50's to the late 70's.

[beerdragon54]

I was thinking mainly a tribute helmet myself. You can actually see the word ‘Europe’ above the 3rd ID SSI was scratched into the helmet first as a guide for the paint job. Based on the shellack aging, etc. I was still thinking it was done sometime in the 50s.

 

 

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[ccmax]

It all looks old, as in WW2 period old.