Thank you very much for posting this!

That is a wealth of information!! Thank you so much!!    I bought the helmet at an antique store in Virginia Beach. The antique store was very close to his neighborhood. Great work!!   Chris

That’s a great looking helmet. I don’t recall seeing a liner like that before. Or the fiber shell, for that matter. Thanks for posting it! mikie

One more just came to mind-- Catch 22-1970.  Now, I really didn't care for the movie itself, but the B-25's were magnificent! The largest assembly of flying B-25's since WW2!     Steve

The US Army fielded the SCR-195, an AM-voice, battery powered, backpack carried tactical radio set starting in 1936.  It was fielded on the basis of about 32 sets per infantry regiment (along with its companion set, the SCR-194, fielded at about the same basis of issue to the field artillery regiments of the same time).  This set was used in some infantry units during Operation Torch and in the Pacific (by US Army infantry divisions) carrying on as late as 1943.  It was a 16 lb. set with a 5-mile range and more than 30 channels with built-in crystal calibrated frequency alignment circuitry.  The SCR-195 / -194 radio sets were the original "Walkie Talkies," again, fielded starting in 1936. To be sure, the later SC-300 "walkie talkie" was twice as heavy, at about 37 lbs., however, it was an FM voice set with more than 40 channels and twice the battery life of the SCR-195.  It also featured internal, crystal calibrated frequency alignment circuitry.  It also featured a "squelch" control, a first for any tactical voice radio set. The handheld, "Handy Talkie," the SCR-536, was first fielded in 1941 (and the first production sets were issued to FDR's Secret Service protection detail).  It weighed about 6 lbs. and had about a 1-mile range.  It was issued on a basis of 2 or 3 (or more) to almost EVERY US Army infantry platoon (with additional sets issued and used at the infantry company and battalion levels). So, like carrying a payphone on your back?  Depends on your personal perspective, I suppose.  Consider the PRC-25 of Vietnam war fame weighed about 25 lb.s.  Its improved version, the PRC-77 (actually fielded before the end of the Vietnam war), was in common use in the US Army through the 1980s.

Perhaps a chain attached to a pocket watch?  Of course in 14kt gold as well maybe.

Hey there! Did you ever get that image? Take care. Paul

Sorry for the delay. I see no markings on the fastener.

I'm pretty certain that I have the correct guy for the "H Atkins" helmet and if those helmets were obtained together I'm pretty sure both belonged to this person.                         Ancestry - Harold Atkins .pdf Passport Application - Harold Atkins.pdf Possible WWII US Navy Muster Roll - Harold Atkins.pdf US Census Records - Harold Atkins.pdf WWI US Army Transport Record - Harold Atkins US Navy.pdf

Thanks guys. That's helpful.