My M1 helmet with a bit of history...

**Adrian Stevenson** · 12-12-2010, 06:33 PM

Rear seam and swivel bails would make it late WW2 at best.

Cheers, Ade.

**Vegard T** · 12-12-2010, 07:03 PM

by Adrian Stevenson

Rear seam and swivel bails would make it late WW2 at best.

Cheers, Ade.

That would be why it was in Germany, he found it in an old shed, no history.

**NickD** · 12-12-2010, 07:21 PM

if you can find the heat stamp number inside a rough date of manufacture could be worked out.

Article about: I thought you guys might like to see my American M1 helmet, you can tell that this has been through a lot, it has been hit by 2 bullets at quite a high angle, a German cartridge fits perfect