Costa Posted June 28, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 28, 2020 any body get this off ebay?? a nice original marked lid -- 1,800.00. not bad at all. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2017.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2018.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_12_2018/post-2-0-82042400-1545944020.gif http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2007.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2008.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2009.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2010.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2011.gif http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2012.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2013.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2014.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2015.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2016.gif Link to post Share on other sites
Nickman983 Posted June 28, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 28, 2020 Had I not just bought a car I would have thrown my hat in the ring on this one. I'm hoping a member her got it, I'd love to see more pictures of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Hazard Posted June 28, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 28, 2020 Really nice, original H-DIV helmet; wish I had the money too. I saved pictures of it in my helmet reference folder as these one scarcely come up. Pat Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Hazard Posted June 28, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 28, 2020 Similar one for WWII Footage (D-Day I believe) Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted June 28, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 28, 2020 What is H-Division? Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Hazard Posted June 28, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 28, 2020 I believe H-DIV are hospital ships, or at least a hospital on a ship where wounded were brought in. Hopefully one of our Navy vets can provide more details on H-DIV's. Pat Link to post Share on other sites
sigsaye Posted June 28, 2020 Share #7 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, manayunkman said: What is H-Division? “Hospital Division” Link to post Share on other sites
Costa Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Burning Hazard said: I believe H-DIV are hospital ships, or at least a hospital on a ship where wounded were brought in. Hopefully one of our Navy vets can provide more details on H-DIV's. Pat ya know Pat, i'll bet that lid is a D-DAY lid. man, some one got a real honey!! http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2017.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2018.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_12_2018/post-2-0-82042400-1545944020.gif http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2007.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2008.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2009.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2010.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2011.gif http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2012.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2013.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2014.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2015.gifhttp://www.usmilitariaforum.com/usmfribbons/donation2016.gif Link to post Share on other sites
huntssurplus Posted June 29, 2020 Share #9 Posted June 29, 2020 That sure is a nice one! 1800 Isn’t too bad either with how much helmets seem to be going these days. No matter the economy helmets will always go up. Good investment haha.Hunt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I am an amateur collector of US military items of the 20th century. Looking for items related to: -The Aleutian Island Campaign of WW2, Alaskan Theater, Alaska Defense Command, and more specifically the Battle of Attu -Items related to the 50th Combat Engineer Regiment/Battalion -Items related to Wheelus Air Force Base Libya, particularly from 1957-1960 -WW2 items belonging to service members from Northern Virginia -WW2 Uniforms (all branches and services) -Cheap/Throwaway WW2 named uniforms -Smaller WW2 Groupings -7th Infantry Division Items -WW2 Photos and Letters (all branches, theaters, services, etc) ^^ PM ME!! Instagram: @surplus_central https://instagram.com/surplus_central/ eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/giovachm Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Hazard Posted June 29, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 29, 2020 2 hours ago, sigsaye said: “Hospital Division” Sigs, I'm not too familiar with USN medical units but is there a difference between them? I watched footage and seen a corpsmen with these painted helmets: - H-DIV with red crosses (appear to be receiving wounded on ships) - USCG with red crosses (both on beaches and on ships) - Yellow or white dots but no red crosses (mostly on beaches) - Coast guard medics (mostly on ships) Thanks in advance! Link to post Share on other sites
max0073 Posted June 29, 2020 Share #11 Posted June 29, 2020 It was a really nice helmet but saying this is a d-day one is a bit farfetch w/o name. There weren't hospital ships only off the coast of Normandy Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Posted June 29, 2020 Share #12 Posted June 29, 2020 From http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Seamanship/img/?C=N;O=D Here's a chart showing H-Div on a battleship. Most larger ships had H-Divisions, from what these charts show. This means that this helmet could have served anywhere in the world and at any point in time through the Korean War and still been correct for the ship. Only a weak society needs government protection or intervention before it pursues its resolve to preserve the truth. Truth needs neither handcuffs nor a badge for its vindication. -Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Peace is not the absence of war, but the defense of hard-won freedom. -Anton LaGuardia Link to post Share on other sites
max0073 Posted June 29, 2020 Share #13 Posted June 29, 2020 Dave, that's a great chart, thank you Max Link to post Share on other sites
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted June 29, 2020 Share #14 Posted June 29, 2020 It's a cool helmet but why so much? A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's a thousand pictures! "I read that in war bad things happen, Ain't that the ************* truth" -1st Lt Mike Scotti Link to post Share on other sites
GSP Posted June 30, 2020 Share #15 Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Cap Camouflage Pattern I said: It's a cool helmet but why so much? It sold more for a lot more than I personally thought it was going to sell for, but maybe someone knows something I don't. It looks like it's WWII era, but you never can exactly pinpoint a date on these navy helmets without provenance, the only identification was "MAC" inked in the liner, and it had no last name. So, it would be extremely difficult to research. The only conclusion I could make for why it went so high, is the possibility that the helmet was used on D-Day, but I think that's rather unlikely. Either way, it's a really nice looking helmet, and I'm sure whoever got it will enjoy it. Link to post Share on other sites
Phineaus Posted July 1, 2020 Share #16 Posted July 1, 2020 I wouldn’t overthink this one. It’s a solid WWII corpsman/hospital ship helmet. I think it sold on the high end for what it is, but not unreasonable if you don’t have nice corpsman lid in your collection. Link to post Share on other sites
dmar836 Posted July 1, 2020 Share #17 Posted July 1, 2020 Where did it sell? Link to post Share on other sites
sigsaye Posted July 1, 2020 Share #18 Posted July 1, 2020 The thing to remember, is that the guys in the beach, wearing these helmets, came from the ship that the wounded are being sent. They are assigned to that ships Shore Party, to sort casualties based on ships capabilities, types of wounds and how many wounded they can Take aboard. Not all ships were Hospital Ships, but any ship that could, did receive casualties. this should NOT, be confused with medical units assigned to operate ashore in support of a landing. Link to post Share on other sites
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