In a local junk shop there was a promotional war photo of Clark Gable in uniform.....Was overpriced and didn't purchase it.....Bodes

Walmart was selling them (without the fullers) before Ontario closed.

I hesitate to add anything further concerning the value of this helmet, as it clearly depends heavily on context and location. Here in Canada, however, there is more and more interest in M1 helmets generally, but also in examples of Canadian-issued sets that remain in 'last-used' condition. I think this example falls into that category, as both the liner and shell are marked to a soldier named Plamondon (with a service number ending in 237). Before Plamondon, the shell and liner were issued to various other soldiers, in combination with other shells and liners now lost to time. (Naturally, over the years, as sets got turned into QM, the shells and liners were separated and reissued without any regard for the vintage of each item.) At some point, the shell was painted for use by someone assigned to BDF duties, probably in conjunction with some other liner. The woodland covers began to appear in the Canadian Forces about 1986 or so, and carried on until the helmets were finally phased out in the late 1990s. That fact that this is a relatively early production fixed loop shell indicates that it might be one of the 200,000 shells that were shipped to Ottawa in April 1943, and then mostly put into storage until the M1 was widely issued to the Canadian Army in the 1960s. (The explanation behind that shipment and the subsequent decision not to issue the helmets immediately is rather convoluted, and best left for another day.) In any case, I hope that whoever ends up with this helmet appreciates it for what it is, and does not simply strip away the postwar parts and try to convert the shell back into its original wartime configuration. As it sits, the set has an interesting story to tell about the evolution of the M1 in Canadian service between the war years and the late 1990s.     

Bumping this old thread;   Realated to the subject, here is a orginal color film still taken from the 1942 documentary/propaganda flim "The Battle of Midway" by John Ford, A film made about the battle of the same name. It shows USN AA crews on a carrier shooting at incoming Japanese air attack. I see many with M1917s/A1s they look more Green then Grey to me... Still. it's kinda hard to tell from the lighting and footage is grainy.    

Picked this up today base measures 105mm, not sure what it is or where it's from, help to id is appreciated!

Confession, I’ve always been a Grant man. So I may be slightly biased about him. About 35 years ago I bought this 1885 set of his memoirs. The story of his writing them is a sad one. He was broke and dying of throat cancer. He made a deal to write the book in order to provide for his wife after his death. And it was a painful race with death for him to finish them. He died shortly afterwards. His memoir is considered by many historians as being one of the best by a Civil War participant. My connection with Grant goes much farther back. When  I was three years old, my Dad built the house I grew up in. I shared a large bedroom with my two brothers. Dad, a WWII Army veteran, decorated the room with historical US Army prints. It just happens he hung a print from the Battle of Vicksburg right over my bed. 

If the brim bends and is soft (when new it could be rolled) and the cap could be slipped into the soldiers back belt portion of his trousers and laid flat against the body then that is a true crusher. The brim will not have any stiffening layer (single ply) and will almost be glove soft. I have had and have many groups to AAF flight crew and pilots and rarely have I come across a true crusher in them. I have one enlisted Feldman Denver embossed "crusher" on the sweatband and the bill will roll. I had one other one that was khaki that belonged to a Pacific theater pilot, and it had glove leather bill. When setting on a shelf it would lay as flat as a cabbie hat. Most WW2 dress hats you find today that have the "look" are simply dress hats with the stiffener removed. 

Thanks,   I appreciate the nice comments,     Those are the lyrics of “Blood Upon the Risers”.  An Airborne Song,   It was new in 1944,   “ He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright. He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight. He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar. You ain't gonna jump no more.     "Is everybody happy?" cried the sergeant looking up. Our hero feebly answered, "Yes", and then they stood him up. He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked. And he ain't gonna jump no more. He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock. He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop. The silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his legs. And he ain't gonna jump no more. The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome. Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones. The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground. And he ain't gonna jump no more. The days he lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind. He thought about the girl back home, the one he left behind. He thought about the medicos and wondered what they'd find. And he ain't gonna jump no more. The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild. The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled. For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed. And he ain't gonna jump no more. He hit the ground, the sound was "Splat," his blood went spurting high. His comrades they were heard to say, "A helluva way to die." He lay there rolling 'round in the welter of his gore. And he ain't gonna jump no more. There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the 'chute. Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit. He was a mess, they picked him up and poured him from his boots. And he ain't gonna jump no more.”  

You're very welcome.  Best of luck!  -- Matt

Sharing one in my collection. A more recent one.  Related to the NATO intervention in Yugoslav Wars.   Seems they deployed with US Army's 10th Mountain Division, part the US contingent of the SFOF, "Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina" A NATO Led, multi-national force of peacekeepers deployed to the fromer Yugoslavia from 1996 to 2004.