SI Gordon Posted May 1, 2008 Share #126 Posted May 1, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthomas Posted May 3, 2008 Share #127 Posted May 3, 2008 I have only two painted helmets in the collection. Here is one of them- a British Brodie helmet painted with 36th 'Texas' Division insignia. -Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthomas Posted May 3, 2008 Share #128 Posted May 3, 2008 ...and the campaign marking along the side: "Champagny Oct 8th To Oct 29th" Owners initials "MBF" also scratched into the camo finish on back. Helmet came with his 36th patched medic's tunic, also bearing his initials. Trousers too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthomas Posted May 3, 2008 Share #129 Posted May 3, 2008 And my 82nd Div helmet which I posted previously in another thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted May 3, 2008 Share #130 Posted May 3, 2008 5th Regiment USMC , 2nd Division . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted May 9, 2008 Share #131 Posted May 9, 2008 29th Division . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted May 12, 2008 Share #132 Posted May 12, 2008 36th ID'd to Corporal Walter Kenney. NARA states that he entered the Army April 25, 1917 at Aurora, NE and was Honorably discharged on June 12, 1919 at Camp dodge, IA. Service number: 1419012. Decorations awarded: WWI Victory Medal and Victory Button. Died November 17, 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted May 12, 2008 Share #133 Posted May 12, 2008 Interior markings of Cpl. Kenney's helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted May 12, 2008 Share #134 Posted May 12, 2008 Gents--a simple sample from Battery C 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 28th Infantry Div along with his messkit and cup---a gift from his daughter.... may he rest in well earned peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted May 16, 2008 Share #135 Posted May 16, 2008 Another 36th Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted May 17, 2008 Share #136 Posted May 17, 2008 Gents-- for your viewing pleasure a few helmets: first up from the 82nd Infantry Division---my great-uncle Harold's Helmet (328th Field Hospital)---Harold had been a pharmacist in upstate NY before the war and the Army made him a medic: 3 campaign stars on his WW1 Victory medal:St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, def sector---after the war he went back to his pharmacy---I remember him from my childhood as a nice man and a real gentleman...I wish I could have asked him why he chose these colors on his helmet---he did a great job of carving the 82nd "AA" logo onto his pipe from the war so I'm guessing these colors meant something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted May 17, 2008 Share #137 Posted May 17, 2008 And here's a strange helmet I picked up 8 or 9 years ago in Richmond Va from a junk store: you can see the 87th ID Acorn painted on the side---what you can't see is that the acorn details are etched and cross hatched into the metal underneath the paint... and if the painting (though darker in real life than it appears in these pictures) isn't the very first appearance of Tiger Stripes than I don't know what is...somebody in the 87th had way too much imagination or time on his hands....if I hadn't got the way I did and had it for so long I would suspect a recent work of art but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW4AFB Posted May 18, 2008 Share #138 Posted May 18, 2008 And one more for the road---this one is named inside to John Karl, Co D 336th MG BN --- this one has 3 small holes drilled along the rim on each side ---attachment points for face shield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen V. Posted May 18, 2008 Share #139 Posted May 18, 2008 Why are the WWI painted helmets painted in non-natural colors? It isn't smart I think? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremiahcable Posted May 18, 2008 Share #140 Posted May 18, 2008 Why are the WWI painted helmets painted in non-natural colors? It isn't smart I think? Regards Those that are bright and artistic are post war paint jobs done by the vets for parades or just grins. Just about all of the AEF's helmets were textured muddy brown during the fighting. Unit insignias were painted on in Germany or on the way back home on ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted June 1, 2008 Share #141 Posted June 1, 2008 Here is a nice 30th Division helmet I picked up at the Raleigh Militaria show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted June 7, 2008 Share #142 Posted June 7, 2008 Here is a 2nd Division helmet I picked up , not the best ,but I like it. Next up a 36th Div. helmet I bought from forum member Bugme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted June 7, 2008 Share #143 Posted June 7, 2008 Here are a few of my favorites in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted June 7, 2008 Share #144 Posted June 7, 2008 82nd Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted June 7, 2008 Share #145 Posted June 7, 2008 42nd Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted June 7, 2008 Share #146 Posted June 7, 2008 I just got this one 3 weeks ago. It was found at a local scrap metal yard! Imagine someone turning it in for scrap metal. At that price, they only got about $.25 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted June 7, 2008 Share #147 Posted June 7, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted June 19, 2008 Share #148 Posted June 19, 2008 Here's my 89th Division 164th Field Artillary Brigade helmet named to a P.F. Rock and his serial number. I haven't researched this lid yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted June 19, 2008 Share #149 Posted June 19, 2008 Underside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted June 19, 2008 Share #150 Posted June 19, 2008 This is my 89th Divisional Sanitary Train helmet... on it's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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