January 13, 201016 yr #1 I know that it was the subject of a previous thread, but as I just received it, I can't resist the envy to send pictures of it. Helmet shell is a Mac Cord, steel lot # 278 (I don't have my reference book with me but I assume a 1942-43 made) Liner is Firestone with unpainted stell washers (as far as I can tell) Liner chinstrap has right angle, green painted buckle. The good side.
January 13, 201016 yr Author #9 I just hope that someone in that forum can help me finding informations on that sailor...
January 13, 201016 yr Author #10 A better view... With a loop it looks like : G W PEDERSEN CO-C3 or G W PEDERSEN CPT C3. (The last 5 letters and/or numbers are hard to tell). :think: I hope someone in that forum will be able to find informations about the owner of that helmet... Thanks a lot and sorry for my poor english... :pinch:
January 13, 201016 yr #11 Very nice! I can't help you with the name but, I can sure admire a nice matched helmet and liner set up! :thumbsup:
January 13, 201016 yr #12 Ahhh yes the expensive one She sure is salty, but quite nice, and if you can track that name down (score! by the way) it may have just turned out to be a bargain price you paid Thanks for showing, it's good to see much better post purchased in hand photos, rather than the sellers' daft ebay ones (as is typically the case)
January 13, 201016 yr #13 I thought the USN didnt usually write the sailor's name inside the helmet? since they usually just used any helmet off the rack when they needed a helmet? but maybe because this one was used off the ship or on the beach?
January 13, 201016 yr #14 I thought the USN didnt usually write the sailor's name inside the helmet? since they usually just used any helmet off the rack when they needed a helmet? but maybe because this one was used off the ship or on the beach?BOLO, what you are thinking about are the ship board used helmets. Most Sailors just grabbed what ever was there aboard ship. some would select specific helmets and maintain them (ref the Signalman helmet in another thread in this topic). Helmets used by ground units were issued to an individual along with any other equipment they required to preform their mission, just like the Army and marines. So putting your name in the helmet and on the other stuff you were issued was commonly done so you could keep track of your stuff. Steve Hesson
January 13, 201016 yr #15 Maybe this is your guy did this helmet come out of California? Did you get any history with it from the seller? Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued G W PEDERSEN 28 Feb 1913 17 Aug 2008 (V) 93720 (Fresno, Fresno, CA) (none specified) 548-10-0674 California SS-5 Letter http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
January 14, 201016 yr Author #16 Maybe this is your guy did this helmet come out of California? Did you get any history with it from the seller?Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued G W PEDERSEN 28 Feb 1913 17 Aug 2008 (V) 93720 (Fresno, Fresno, CA) (none specified) 548-10-0674 California SS-5 Letter http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Oups, Thanks a lot for the help but I made an error in my text, it's not a W written on the leather of the sweat band, but a N. That makes for G N PEDERSEN. I have no story for that helmet, seller is in Colorado. If that can help. Any idea about the meaning of the last letters: CO - C3
January 14, 201016 yr #18 I really think that this is either a CB helmet or a beach battalion. I think it is a real killer of a helmet! Could that be Company C, 3rd group? Sgt. there are a good many Pedersens on the online National WW 11 Memorial. There is a G. M. Petersen that was in the navy and at Normandy. Just go there and click on ww 11 registry and type in name and see what comes up. Cheers, Mike
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