Nofear Posted May 10, 2022 Share #1 Posted May 10, 2022 Hello, I have this helmet in my collection. I got it as a Vietnam era helmet. It has lain unnoticed with the other helmets for several years and now I have the opportunity (time) to take a closer look at it. I usually collect other stuff, so my knowledge in this area is very limited. Can anyone help me to identify the helmet? The shell has a heat stamp. It's not clearly readable, looks like 105C. Steel shell: Front seam. Smooth surface, colour light olive drab, (similar FS X-34087). Liner: CMP made (stamped), the chin straps are not appropriate. The helmet cover is a Mitchell reversible leaf pattern camo cover. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 10, 2022 Share #2 Posted May 10, 2022 The cover is Vietnam and the liner looks to be but the pot isn’t. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofear Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted May 10, 2022 41 minutes ago, Ronnie said: The cover is Vietnam and the liner looks to be but the pot isn’t. Ronnie Thanks a lot. Is the pot made in the US? Once I was told and I have written, a unique identifier for WW 2 US models is the front rim seam and the heat stamp in the feont. Or could it be a clone helmet? The M1 topic is so extensive 😬 (but at the same rime very interessting). I thought maybe it's a "refurbished" and modifiwd WW 2 "pot", which was used until or beyond Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofear Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted May 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nofear said: written I have read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil b Posted May 10, 2022 Share #5 Posted May 10, 2022 yes the helmet is a reissue helmet that has been refurbished ..........they stripped and repainted some were smooth and some had the texture in them . i have several of these . i ever have one with a Korean war heat stamp. a lot of these were early to mid Vietnam war. i like it great piece in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofear Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted May 10, 2022 1 hour ago, phil b said: yes the helmet is a reissue helmet that has been refurbished ..........they stripped and repainted some were smooth and some had the texture in them . i have several of these . i ever have one with a Korean war heat stamp. a lot of these were early to mid Vietnam war. i like it great piece in my opinion. Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 11, 2022 Share #7 Posted May 11, 2022 I’ve never seen an American helmet like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryCombatant Posted May 11, 2022 Share #8 Posted May 11, 2022 Looks like an American helmet that was lend-leased to a European country at one point. The chinstraps attached to the shell appear the be euroclones, and the ones hooked onto the liner are off an East German M60 helmet. They are tied onto the attachment hooks that accept a removable nape strap. The cover is nice and a 1968 contract, definitively American issued. If you remove the german chinstraps in the liner, it’d be a close-enough Vietnam period helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted May 11, 2022 Share #9 Posted May 11, 2022 The bails are welded in an interesting way. I don't remember US FBs being welded like that. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofear Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted May 11, 2022 This is a great forum. I really appriciate your support. By the way, I am from Germany and I got the helmet ca. 25 years ago from a retired Vietnam veteran. At this time he lived in Germany and he was already retired, besides he taught young NCO and officer candidates how to behave in war imprisonment. We had a good contact and the helmet was a gift to me. It' not his own helmet and has not been worn by him. Is it possible to identify the head stamp? 105C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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