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Article about: What are your opinions about the helmet? Combat used? Here are the informations about the soldier: He started his career in the Navy seeing some service time at the end of the war. He earned

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    Liner is definitely ww2, not to uncommon to see these ww2 helmets and liners that were used up into the 60s

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    Tanks for your help, great infos! For me the paint of the shell an the liner is to new?

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    Quote by gel65 View Post
    Liner is definitely ww2, not to uncommon to see these ww2 helmets and liners that were used up into the 60s
    Or the 70's I had a cardboard Hawley liner in basic training in 1971 repainted with nam era OD turned it in and got probably another ww2 firestone liner with kakhi suspension also as I remember we were told to turn the pressed cardboard ones in as they were ww2 and fragile mine was pretty frayed on the edges as I remember timothy

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    Nice helmet overall, i like it

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    Quote by Luxembourg View Post

    What is a PTO marine helmet?
    Pacific Theater of Operation

    Semper Fi
    Phil

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    Quote by Luxembourg View Post
    Tanks for your help, great infos! For me the paint of the shell an the liner is to new?
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    Nobody knows? ;-)

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    well the paint on both looks good to me. it is this color green with cork texture. the helmet was covered by a cover anyway. is there a number inside the helmet pot near the rim anywhere?

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    I don't own the helmet yet, but I think there is a number

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    ok, well let me know and i can find the date th pot was made

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