Helmet mold/repair stand???

[Thanatos]

Gday Dave,
To true mate,Low altitude fire bombing was the most effective method the USAAF devised to destroy Japans paper and wood cities.
Most people don't realise that over 100,000 Japanese died in one night during the fire bombing of Toyko (Operation Meetingplace 9-10 march 1945).
More than Hiroshima (est 45-80,000) and Nagasaki (est 40-75000).
Last place on earth you would want to wear a paper hat.
Have a good one Dave.

[MD Helmets]

Up to $81 USD for this hat "thing" with just under 24 hours remaining.

[stug]

Stumbled upon this on Ebay. The seller referenced it as maybe a German helmet repair block or mold. I've never seen anything like it. Any thoughts?

hi , i think this link solves the mystery ,follow the link re spanish m42z helm . it seems to be a molding block for pasteboard/vulcanfibre parade helmets . 3 of this type of molds are shown in the link....pavel
ESPAÑOL Z 42

[Thanatos]

And everybody thought I was daft

[stug]

not so daft ....now i would presume the same type of mold was used in the production of german lightweight/vulcanfibre helmets....pavel

[Thanatos]

[AMTG]

Bugger you beat me to it, it's kinda obvious now when you look at the shape of this and the shape of a vulcanfibre helmet....

[SteveR]

Great detective work.

[SteveR]

And everybody thought I was daft

Being an Aussie we know your crazy.
Just not crazy about the helmet mold.
The Aussies I met in Vietnam were almost as crazy as me. They would trade me ears for scalps. Can't out drink them though. I tried. No luck.

[Thanatos]

You can't train properly as a young bloke Steve drinking watered down US beer.