Happy to have Mr Hawley on my shelf

**BlackBox** · 02-18-2018, 07:37 PM

Hi,

Visited a small Militaria fair this morning in the South of Belgium and thought I share my aquired goodies
Came back with this fine liner.
Second type Hawley in pretty good shape. Chinstrap missing unfortunately, but pretty happy with it.

The liner came with a painted major rank fixed bales M1, bras hardware , no heatstamp but the shape of the bales, tells me it could be a Schleuter shell.
Not to sure about the paintjob, but it still is a nice early war pot.

Any more info on the two, always welcome.

Peter

**Tank Destroyer** · 02-18-2018, 08:19 PM

Very nice find

**MAP** · 02-19-2018, 04:43 AM

by tank destroyer

Very nice find

+1

Very nice! Congrats! Every M1 collection needs a Hawley!

**BlackBox** · 02-19-2018, 07:52 AM

Thx guys,

The leather strap is missing and I was wondering if it would be possible to..
1: Find one
2 : attach it without ruining the liner, because of the fixed connection.

Anyone did it before?

P

**ruddersrangers44** · 02-20-2018, 11:22 AM

Hi i think this set is an awesome purchase.your correct regarding the shell maker.the Liner is a september 1942 transitional Liner consisting of first production run permanent chinstrap posts but with early O/D khaki webbing with a nice D/W sweat/headband.regarding a leather chinstrap replacement firstly you would have to find an un-issued one that hasn't already been riveted at one end or it cannot be added onto the liner,also an original would be so costly and fragile the chances of adding it without damaging it would be a miracle.hence why most are generally missing having been lost to time.it's a great set regardless of chinstrap missing.........

**BlackBox** · 02-20-2018, 11:58 AM

Thanks RR44 for the update on the date of production. How the hell do you pinpoint a month ?

Yes, guess it would be a mission impossible, and several people working on and restoring helmets told me to resist the urge to repair it, and leave it in the fine state that it is.

Peter

**ruddersrangers44** · 02-20-2018, 06:20 PM

McCord Heat treatment production guide but still useful even though some discrepancies have been found.Sorry forgot its not a McCord Lol had a stressful day.Fixed Loop "s"shell spring 43-oct 43.Liner is as I've stated,no known Heat chart for Schlueter.my mistake.........