I took a closer look at belt- has 4 large "buttons", attached by tabs on back thru eyelets ( pic),retaining strap for ammo  clips have been neatly  removed, and lower triangular stud ends are covered inside of pouch

This is one of my helmets. You will see an ink stamped D on the webbing. I don't even mention it in the thread because it is not worth mentioning.

As stated before the liner is good. The sweet band and chin strap are not. If you haven't seen liners with webbing that have ink stamps on them that only means you haven't seen liners with ink stamps on the webbing. I have two Westinghouse M1C liners with ink stamps on the webbing. It is not rare or common. You see them from time to time.

I know, its a westinghouse, but i mean the web ing is the marking V on it, and i never have seen it before. Thats why i doubt if it real webbing or remake.

Here is the back of the example I just picked up. Used and has rust (?) spots on it like one of the other examples shown.  

Here is an example that O just picked up. It was buried in an older collection for years.

Well that’s a hike, might be worth thinking about. You can look up the website as well and go through the introduction process before you decide if it’s a good fit. The membership is $30 annually. Let me know if your possibly interested.

I was aware that the man loved War Dogs and was an expert in that area.    Any man that loved dogs as he did should have a blessed eternity.     Condolences to his family and friends.  

Im in the phoenix area so it would be a long drive, but might be able to

Hey all, to start, over the years I’ve tried to come up with many, many different ways to create an accurate Fiber liner. Or at least one that looks fairly close. Mainly for use in reenacting and displays, but still keeps the right look. I’ve tried making cardboard compression molds, I’ve tried paper mache, I’ve tried cardboard pulp, I’ve tried 3D printing, everything. But making it how everyone else makes it IE (using a post war high pressure mold and making a mock up). And today I finally gave up trying to make one how it should be and resorted to creating a mock up. So today I brainstormed the process and came up with a full proof plan. I got this post war Norwegian liner that is plastic with mostly accurate cotton webbing and I started fiddling with it. My idea for the brim was to cut a large electrical board and epoxy it to the brim which is what I started doing. After it’s firmly in place I plan to wrap the bin thickly in white masking tape to give I the paper look for when it inevitably wears down along the brim. After that I plan to find an accurate fabric and somehow get that completely confirmed with no fold to the liner from there I will tack in mock rivets above the old ones under the fabric since I don’t have money to buy the tools to take them out and remove them through the fabric. After that I will paint the inside to correct green and create an accurate fiber liner stamp for the side. Then for the weebizbh depending on what version I do I will bleach and dye the webbing to correct shade and create a mostly accurate sweat band from the existing one which is fairly close to the originals. Then I need to buy/ replicate a liner chinstaro and voila a semi accurate mostly working fiber liner. Here are some pictures below of the current prices. Stay tuned for more!