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Strange painting on M1 helmet


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Davidcilnius

Hi, this half M1 helmet was dug out from a former camp base's dump pit in italy. I put it in the oxalic acid and some painting came out. It seems to be USN dark grey with a red band over light grey around the border of the rim. Can you explain me what this means? Thank you

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Davidcilnius

The Red band Is painted over and it's like a stripe that  follows the helmet all around, it has a lighter grey behind the red. Could it be a beach landing helmet? Like an invasion D-Day helmet for the operation Husky or Avalanche or Shingle? I saw a few of them similar to this also in some topics of this forum

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