Fratlanta Posted February 17 Share #1 Posted February 17 Found this helmet recently and since I am not an helmet guy, I was wondering if you could tell me how old it is m and if it is the real deal and not something that a kid painted while playing soldiers with his friends just in case you can’t see it on the pics, this is a rear seam helmet thx for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted February 17 Share #2 Posted February 17 Its a nice job! it looks brushed on carefully. Do you have any close in well lit pics of the paint? Everyone on here will want to see that. As close and sharp and well lit as you can get. I like it. But I dont know. Others will have to weigh in. Looks like green buckles Korean era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratlanta Posted February 17 Author Share #3 Posted February 17 13 minutes ago, The Rooster said: Its a nice job! it looks brushed on carefully. Do you have any close in well lit pics of the paint? Everyone on here will want to see that. As close and sharp and well lit as you can get. I like it. But I dont know. Others will have to weigh in. Looks like green buckles Korean era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikeym_us Posted February 17 Share #5 Posted February 17 21 minutes ago, Fratlanta said: Looks like a McCord helmet from the 50's? Is that a sand or cork texture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratlanta Posted February 17 Author Share #6 Posted February 17 4 minutes ago, Mikeym_us said: Looks like a McCord helmet from the 50's? Is that a sand or cork texture? not quite sure. As mentioned above , I am not a helmet guy. Looks like sand to me but I could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted February 17 Share #7 Posted February 17 It’s sand. Vietnam era helmet. Paint looks good but it’s hard to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rooster Posted February 17 Share #8 Posted February 17 i thought Vietnam at first too but its got Korean war 50's era chin straps and it does not have apple green Vietnam era paint. I'd say 1950's. Unless that heat stamp is post 1950's on the shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted February 17 Share #9 Posted February 17 Looks to me like a lot of chips and corrosion on the shell that is clearly covered by the insignia. The basics is that this implies that the insignia was applied after the wear and age seen elsewhere on the shell. It appears to be a recent addition IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeym_us Posted February 17 Share #10 Posted February 17 3 hours ago, The Rooster said: i thought Vietnam at first too but its got Korean war 50's era chin straps and it does not have apple green Vietnam era paint. I'd say 1950's. Unless that heat stamp is post 1950's on the shell? And it has the 50's era McCord helmet heat lot numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elh1311 Posted February 18 Share #11 Posted February 18 Korean War-era produced McCord. Looks like the original texture and paint but the paint from this era is finicky. Green hardware chinstrap is also Korean War-era. That in it's own roght is pretty cool as the green hardware is getting harder to find and is indeed desirable. As for the medic panels....eh. Like dmar836 stated, looks like they were applied later on in the helmets service life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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