ArchangelDM Posted December 2, 2021 Share #1 Posted December 2, 2021 Well I spotted this a mile away but others may not be as well versed in these covers so here is the heads up. This is an outright fake and I could spend the next few lines telling you why but there is a plethora of information on these not to get stung, if in doubt as to why please search this forum. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-U-S-MARINE-CORPS-M1-HELMET-w-2nd-TYPE-CAMOUFLAGE-COVER-FIRESTONE-LINER-/154720960470?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elh1311 Posted December 2, 2021 Share #2 Posted December 2, 2021 These helmets aren't my area of interest but even I know that the repros have the Pac-Man on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryCombatant Posted December 2, 2021 Share #3 Posted December 2, 2021 That stamp looks like it was put on yesterday- probably because it was… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron bender Posted December 2, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 2, 2021 Going through the seller's auctions they should know better. That doesn't mean they do. The closest thing to WW2 this helmet has is maybe the steel pot, and that's a maybe. Iron chin strap loops? Late 50's liner, repro cover..... Buyers really need to do better research Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryCombatant Posted December 2, 2021 Share #5 Posted December 2, 2021 Looking at the pictures, that liner is weird as all get out! Sure looks like it’s a 1970’s liner that was re-webbed to look like a wartime liner. Most notably, I’m pretty sure that isn’t the wartime Firestone stamp. My monies on reenactment helmet, not a deliberate fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted December 2, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 2, 2021 Looks like a euro clone liner. Webbing somewhere in between the color of OD3 and OD7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryCombatant Posted December 2, 2021 Share #7 Posted December 2, 2021 The webbing itself, probably, but I think that the liner shell is USGI albiet 1970’s. The maker mark is embossed, so I’d say that’s probably how the liner shell came from the factory. Just my 2¢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted December 2, 2021 Share #8 Posted December 2, 2021 FUGLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT.Monmouth1943 Posted December 3, 2021 Share #9 Posted December 3, 2021 I think the liner is an original 1950s/early 60s P55 liner and it’s in pretty good shape. The bad lighting in the photos are distorting the colors. As for this being an original WWII USMC helmet; couldn’t be further from the truth. That cover is horrendous, and I can only pray that whoever’s bidding on the lid sees this thread so they can retract their bids. - Jakob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted December 3, 2021 $272 and climbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted December 3, 2021 Share #11 Posted December 3, 2021 Its up to $375.00 !!! Somebody is going to get hosed. Looks like the chin straps on the steel pot are repros too ! That cover !!! Even I can tell its a fake and Im not an expert like most of you guys are. And the green webbed liner... WW2 ??? Nope. No shots of the steel no close up on the straps.. No clear shots of the liner out of the helmet. No shots of the stitching on the cover... Cover is too new and the wrong pattern on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddyd00 Posted December 3, 2021 Share #12 Posted December 3, 2021 Dean is trying to throw everyone off the scent of this one of a kind USMC pot. When I win. I have no doubt I will be receiving multiple PMs and offers. Requests by People wanting to take selfies with it. Etc. So nice try Pally Z 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bad to the bone. The Bold Ink and Graphic elements of that EGA from 10 feet away are a tell before you have to look any further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted December 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Paddyd00 said: Dean is trying to throw everyone off the scent of this one of a kind USMC pot. When I win. I have no doubt I will be receiving multiple PMs and offers. Requests by People wanting to take selfies with it. Etc. So nice try Pally Z 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bad to the bone. The Bold Ink and Graphic elements of that EGA from 10 feet away are a tell before you have to look any further 😂 Z you the man made my day that comment - light hearted yet constructive at the same time. hope you doing well my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted December 3, 2021 Share #14 Posted December 3, 2021 The bid history beyond the first couple days looks like shill bidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elh1311 Posted December 3, 2021 Share #15 Posted December 3, 2021 Sold for $405.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchangelDM Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted December 3, 2021 $405 wow - shame on the seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadawg Posted December 6, 2021 Share #17 Posted December 6, 2021 yeah, I remember laughing at this one, it surely is a potato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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