My first helmet.

[DougB]

... does it sit on your wall of helmets?
thanks for sharing

tom

Thanks Tom and absolutely it sits on the Wall among its WW1 brothers! I used to have my WW1 helmets in a glass case but I moved them, I will post a new photo of the Wall shortly.

[bowlin7178]

Great helmet, i enjoyed looking at it.

[M18922]

For crying out loud Doug, even your first helmet is immaculate depite its age and the missing pins, no wonder your mindset is always looking for the best there is, and that wound stripe is a real nice feature, ive never heard about or seen that before but its definately worth knowing, so it was well worth showing it and i dont blame you for not entertaining a sale on it, the first helmet is always something special, unfortunately i gave my first one to my nephew who was starting to collect but his mother decided to throw it in the bin a few years later

In the bin??!!!
Did she throw out the rest of his collection?

cheers,
Pat

[Paul D]

Doug a wonderful example it is easy to see why this Helmet has inspired you in your collecting of Helmets

[MD Helmets]

Doug, thanks for taking the time to share a personal memory with us. I wish more 14 year olds had that type of experience to get them interested in something other than X-Box or IPhones, or whatever they waste their time with these days. Truly a great helmet.

[Walkwolf]

Really great lid Doug. Thanks for showing.........!

What amazes me is the fact that you've hung onto it all this time, where a lot of kids
would turn to other things, or think something like this was not all that important.
It is a fixture in your life - an old friend - a part of who you are.

You caught the bug early on, and it has never left !

[M18922]

I bet there wasent any X-box's or Iphones when doug was 14. and with a helmet like that i dont see why you need one

cheers,
pat

[DougB]

Doug, thanks for taking the time to share a personal memory with us. I wish more 14 year olds had that type of experience to get them interested in something other than X-Box or IPhones, or whatever they waste their time with these days. Truly a great helmet.

Thank you, some has rubbed off on my kids as well. My youngest is the most fascinated by it and he gets my "seconds", he actually has quite the collection going now! My oldest was in Sweden for a year on an exchange and he visited Ypres, the Somme and Normandy when he had some breaks. So its pretty cool to see the influence it has. I have taken this and many artifacts into schools and done living history talks on WW1 and 2 and the kids of all ages are completely fascinated.

I think if more of this got into the hands of younger kids there would be a lot more of an interest for sure.

[DougB]

Really great lid Doug. Thanks for showing.........!

What amazes me is the fact that you've hung onto it all this time, where a lot of kids
would turn to other things, or think something like this was not all that important.
It is a fixture in your life - an old friend - a part of who you are.

You caught the bug early on, and it has never left !

THanks Steve, and it never will!

[DougB]

I bet there wasent any X-box's or Iphones when doug was 14. and with a helmet like that i dont see why you need one

cheers,
pat

Hi Pat, no it was all hockey for me at that age! But I have always liked reading the history of WW1 and 2 and have been fortunate enough since to have toured most of the battlefields of Western Europe, something I would recommend to any collector! It brings a sense of reality back to the items especially when you visit Tyne Cot, Langemarck, Menin Gate, or the Thiepval Memorial, or walk through the gravesites of Omaha Beach, Beny sur Mer or La Cambe.