swag Posted May 21, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 21, 2020 Covid-19 has been a real bummer, but the bright side is I've had time to go through my collection. Found this M1 airborne helmet in a long ignored box, thought I'd break it out and give it some light. I think it's WW2 or maybe Korea era. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swag Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted May 21, 2020 Liner maker mark looks like "D 27" with a W in a circle, Westinghouse I think. Heat stamp on the shell is "1104D." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted May 22, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 22, 2020 Very nice👍🏻....late ww2 era...mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted May 22, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 22, 2020 Do you have pictures of the chin cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charger22 Posted May 22, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 22, 2020 Okay unrelated to the helmet but I am curious about the ZSU 23-4 model in the background that looks like a huge scale. Is it a model or a recognition model or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted May 22, 2020 Share #6 Posted May 22, 2020 Nice helmet. Especially with the later war heat stamp still with the OD3 chin straps. late WW2 manufactured, most likely Korea used. Might have seen some action at the very end of WW2. Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatrandomguy Posted May 24, 2020 Share #7 Posted May 24, 2020 Was going to mention, that’s a pretty high numbered heat stamp for a front seam shell. How interesting is that? I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted May 24, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, thatrandomguy said: Was going to mention, that’s a pretty high numbered heat stamp for a front seam shell. How interesting is that? I could be wrong though. It is, but not super uncommon. While the relative date of the seam moving to the back is November 1944 if I remember correctly, it wouldn't be unheard of for manufacturers to continue production a little bit later. Not sure exactly when 1104D would date to, but I believe it would probably be late 1944. Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior45 Posted May 24, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 24, 2020 Hi depending on how detailed you heat stamp chart is, 1100 is the start of 1945 on mine 👌 Nice Westinghouse Liner with great net and pot! I'd take that for a neat WW2 helmet even if it may not have seen an overseas theatre! Cheers JEB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted May 24, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 24, 2020 Nice looking helmet rig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted May 24, 2020 Share #11 Posted May 24, 2020 Some time ago I started looking at all the M1Cs that were popping up, and they all seemed to have heat lot numbers in the 1000-1100 range, and varied from FS/SS rims to FS/MS rims, to RS/SS rims, and to RS/MS rims (I looked at about 12-15 helmets over a two month period). Wish I'd written down what I found but it was mainly for my amusement and edification. Not even sure what heat lot my M1C, but it's in the same range and has a stainless steel/rear seam rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted May 24, 2020 Share #12 Posted May 24, 2020 Some time ago I started looking at all the M1Cs that were popping up, and they all seemed to have heat lot numbers in the 1000-1100 range, and varied from FS/SS rims to FS/MS rims, to RS/SS rims, and to RS/MS rims (I looked at about 12-15 helmets over a two month period). Wish I'd written down what I found but it was mainly for my amusement and edification. Not even sure what heat lot my M1C, but it's in the same range and has a stainless steel/rear seam rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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