Paddyd00 Posted February 28, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 28, 2021 Hi Guys Here's one from my collection. I like the look of this Steel Pot. Its a darkened (perhaps aged perhaps handled a lot) Fixed Loop McCord 255C with a Westinghouse Liner w Captains Bars. It lacks a strap but I found a nice Enger Kress strap that I will put on this guy. I have quite a few painted (Numbers, Names) Navy steel pots that do not exhibit the Micro Cracking that I deem to be period no doubt but with this one the cracking is pretty obvious. Anyway .. Thanks for looking and hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted February 28, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2021 Paddy, Nice. Was there something in white on the front of the shell at one point? Almost looks like white paint. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted February 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, dmar836 said: Paddy, Nice. Was there something in white on the front of the shell at one point? Almost looks like white paint. Dave Good eye but I think its just regular "garage skank" as opposed to an old marking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted February 28, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 28, 2021 Officers do not have laundry numbers that look like enlisted laundry numbers IE: "B-1760". As for that stuff on the front of the liner that is tape residue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted February 28, 2021 25 minutes ago, P-59A said: Officers do not have laundry numbers that look like enlisted laundry numbers IE: "B-1760". As for that stuff on the front of the liner that is tape residue. Its a paired set my brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted February 28, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 28, 2021 Be that as it may. An Officer prefix on a laundry number would be "O-****". Yours shows an enlisted laundry number. How do you square the round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted February 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, P-59A said: Be that as it may. An Officer prefix on a laundry number would be "O-****". Yours shows an enlisted laundry number. How do you square the round? Yup. It does friend. Maybe in your collection you have perfect exact matches between shell and liner. This nice liner was without a steel pot. Now it has one. I have many that are a match. If I come across a nice “O” marked laundry number that’s just a solo steel pot one day. Heck. Maybe they’ll be paired together. Until then. I’m cool with how they stand together now. Is there a problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted February 28, 2021 6 hours ago, P-59A said: Officers do not have laundry numbers that look like enlisted laundry numbers IE: "B-1760". As for that stuff on the front of the liner that is tape residue. All good D. I think we were just talking about the “schmutz” on the Steel Pot. The Liner residue no doubt from old tape. I agree. Thank you for your observations Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravecreek Posted February 28, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2021 Paddy, Good looking helmet and liner. Not every set is gonna be a match. Displays fine.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd62 Posted March 1, 2021 Share #10 Posted March 1, 2021 Great looking set, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted March 1, 2021 Thanks GC and JMD! Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted March 3, 2021 Share #12 Posted March 3, 2021 One thing to note on this one is that officers commonly used the enlisted style of laundry number. Not uncommon to run across an Officer using the first letter of their last name (as was standard for enlisted soldiers) in their laundry number instead of the O prefix. I.e. Lieutenant Smith could use either 0-1234 or S-1234 for his laundry number. Yes regulation dictatated officers to only use the O prefix, however regulation was not always followed during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted March 4, 2021 Share #13 Posted March 4, 2021 That liner is killer ! Well done Paddy, cool set - Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted March 4, 2021 3 hours ago, ArchangelDM said: That liner is killer ! Well done Paddy, cool set - Dean Thanks Dean! Appreciate it ! Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted March 4, 2021 Share #15 Posted March 4, 2021 very nice, love the captain bars on the liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted March 4, 2021 Share #16 Posted March 4, 2021 Kuddos... awesome lid Paddy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoose Posted May 13, 2022 Share #17 Posted May 13, 2022 On 3/3/2021 at 1:30 PM, huntssurplus said: One thing to note on this one is that officers commonly used the enlisted style of laundry number. Not uncommon to run across an Officer using the first letter of their last name (as was standard for enlisted soldiers) in their laundry number instead of the O prefix. I.e. Lieutenant Smith could use either 0-1234 or S-1234 for his laundry number. Yes regulation dictatated officers to only use the O prefix, however regulation was not always followed during WW2. I agree 100%. This is a matching set. No reason to think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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