917601 Posted June 18, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 18, 2020 Only this picture. What can you tell from the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted June 18, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 18, 2020 If you are asking about originally, it’s near impossible from the one picture marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 19, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 19, 2020 It’s in a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted June 19, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 19, 2020 And it's Number 2...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted June 19, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 19, 2020 To reiterate a comment I made about museum 'artifacts'; being in a museum doesn't make an item original without the same provenance we expect as collectors. That said, this helmet could be all original as is. It could be put together, and it could have a fresh paint job. I'm speculating the later. Guessing an attempt at chemical vesicant camo paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted June 19, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 19, 2020 I can't really comment, but it seems like a weird color. Doesn't really look like airborne helmets I've seen. Hard to tell with the photo quality though. Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted June 19, 2020 Share #7 Posted June 19, 2020 Without good photos how could anyone make an assessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted June 19, 2020 Share #8 Posted June 19, 2020 Camo has come a long way. Nowadays, you don't want to be seen! Agree, museums might (and have) done anything to complete their "vision" of a display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted June 19, 2020 This helmet is displayed at Robbins AFB Air Museum, along with some other Airborne items. The description states this M1C was found near Amfreville , France. It also states the camouflage paint scheme is from the 1943 Sicily Airborne campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted June 19, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 19, 2020 M1C used in July 1943 hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted June 19, 2020 I posted this helmet just to see what the helmet " experts" would have to say. True, the Air Force museum at Robins may not be the final word, but I would expect original equipment displayed with accurate descriptions. What struck me was the Airborne area, many items displayed and all recovered from Europe. I just threw it in for "opinion" as I have seen many strange helmets posted here as original but a few " experts" decried them as not original. My thoughts are maybe the " experts" are just not aware of the " non standard" or unique period pieces that are found out there. I do know, in the Ordnance field, most European Ordnance found/ dug on the battlefields in Europe are not what collectors in the US think is " correct". Example: M200 fuzes on grenades, here in the States grenade collectors say they are not correct on MK2 grenade frags, but a Belgium collector has found many spoons dug from battlefields marked M200. I have learned in the Ornance field, many collectors out there do not know what they do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted June 20, 2020 Share #12 Posted June 20, 2020 Manufacture of M1-C helmets did not begin until January 1945, which, if my understanding of the space-time continuum is correct, came after 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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