Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

Hello M1 experts. I am looking for your help on two helmets that I recently acquired. They were both listed as WWII era but Now that I have them I don’t believe that’s fully correct. Hopefully I didn’t made bad acquisitions but I have a feeling that I did.

 

the first is a worn front seam M1 with a capac liner and what appears to be a 1 or I above it. The pot is crusty inside so it’s hard to get a good read on the numbers. 
 

the second is also a front seam and it also has a capac liner  This one has and 18 under it. The liner has a mobilitate Vigemus sticker on it. The liner and strap have green paint splattered on them, my guess is from someone “restoring” something. 
 

One thing I noticed is that I noticed right away is that they are different shades of green. 
 

I am beyond a novice when it comes to helmets. Hopefully the pictures can give you a good look at what I’ve got. 
 

how bad is it?

574443BC-B60B-48B0-B7CF-32F3569E09A2.jpeg

966FDE56-6450-425F-BC27-82DF70C6B79D.jpeg

BEBEFEC0-8CD7-4778-8FD7-BF78793AB162.jpeg

1BCB73D2-2A20-42D9-AF12-BE7F129BB26A.jpeg

C666C525-C45B-43C4-93B8-647646604019.jpeg

636D71C5-89BE-4170-8711-8248A80EFEA1.jpeg

0D9C5127-40DB-461F-8217-76DD6ECFD2C2.jpeg

E3CF03D7-EAA3-4F31-9B88-623282142DAF.jpeg

5BD18ED1-8349-448D-9E81-4376C810AA44.jpeg

BB00D573-7C39-4235-A6A3-50297D1B2924.jpeg

7FA58BAD-E891-4B09-92B7-0B26163C4F21.jpeg

F97E1719-B915-4A63-B217-6255F4A85801.jpeg

1AC967E4-16E5-4EAC-A272-CD1E645472D1.jpeg

5F107B1A-9C82-4F65-B413-547A0F554151.jpeg

0724D16B-56D6-4E91-9F94-C038628107D9.jpeg

7DBEC65D-2841-4D41-BE96-38E69F9B9272.jpeg

Radio Operator
Posted

The first one to me looks have all WW2 era parts minus the repaint. The second one has a late WW2 if not Korean war chinstrap on the shell, but the rest of it looks WW2 era to me. I'm guessing someone tried to do a repaint of the 1st shell as well since Korean war repaints are a darker green and slightly glossy. 

Posted
On 10/27/2020 at 1:33 PM, Radio Operator said:

The first one to me looks have all WW2 era parts minus the repaint. The second one has a late WW2 if not Korean war chinstrap on the shell, but the rest of it looks WW2 era to me. I'm guessing someone tried to do a repaint of the 1st shell as well since Korean war repaints are a darker green and slightly glossy. 


Thanks for the info Radio Operator.

 

I just noticed that I failed to include the picture of the outside of the liner of the second helmet. I’m looking at the decal and paint and it looks recent as opposed to original. 

5FA7C842-9BA5-42C3-A7CE-331064DA3C18.jpeg

  • 4 years later...
GITom1944
Posted

I know this is an old post, but I just stumbled upon it. Nice helmets. The decal on the liner is for the Army General School at Fort Riley, KS.

 

Tom

  • 4 weeks later...
Jones_Bradock
Posted

Nice finds, I would have no problem buying those right away if I found them out and about. Second one looks like it was refurbished for Vietnam and the sweat band looks newer. Suspension and A washers look pretty new as well, mabey a restoration.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...