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07-17-2012 11:26 AM
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
It is an M16/17. The M16/17 had chinstrap lugs on the skirt and the M18 does not. The only difference between M16 and M17 lids is the 16's had leather liner bands and the 17's had steel. Obviously we cannot tell which yours was since it is missing. Maybe painted white for post war civil defence.
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
M16. The age of the white paint - I don't know but I suspect that it is not period. Check around the rivet holes first, if there is no ring where the rivet heads rested it is definitely post war.
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
Can't add much more to what has been said already. M16/17 in a size 66 or bigger. I would say the white paint is postwar. Looks like its sat upside down for awhile to
Jason
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
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VolksJager
Can't add much more to what has been said already. M16/17 in a size 66 or bigger. I would say the white paint is postwar. Looks like its sat upside down for awhile to
Jason
Nice spot on the vent lugs
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
A nice white flower pot maybe? A good shell for restoration if you so desire.
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
Thanks for the reply, yes a flower pot could be.
I was asking for the paint cause i dont want to ruin original paint.
But now i know its postwar i;m going to take it off and paint it again, for my own collection.
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
Jj...have a look on the inside of the helmet near to the M91 style chinstrap mounts there will be a impressed/stamped mark...for example "ET66" this will give you the maker and size (although looking at yours, the shape of the lugs, it will be a size 66 or 68, as already stated)....you may have to remove some of the white paint...you could restore, the correct shade of WW1 green/grey is available as are M16/17 liners and of course chinstraps, they are the same as on the Pickelhaube (spiked leather helmets). It may of been used post WW1 as many were...but it will of been made and used during the Great War.
Prost ! Steve.
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Re: Is this a m18 ore a m16 ??
Didn't some of the Irish Vickers contract German-style helmets have white paint? I know they didn't All have shield clips on the front.
William
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