66cuda Posted October 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 27, 2020 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Operator Posted October 27, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 27, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66cuda Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted November 2, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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