M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
Article about: I,ve often thought about these dimples as well, and thought it could be something to do with centre (alignment) marks for the bales. But what puts me of that idea is the fact that they didn’
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
yes your shell is WW2 & dates from about September 1942 with that heat stamp number which also means this was once a fixed bail version but was converted/upgraded at a later date to the swivel bail version.
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
Thanks Nick for that information. I never knew that the fixed bails were ever converted. Have you or anybody else see names in the shell written like this one? I hope I didn't pay to much for it. I was thinking of using it in WW2 reenactments.
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
I see names in helmets often - mostly written with a marker.
This lid will be great for re-enacting.........!
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
Thanks Steve. The writing looks like it was done with a black colored pencil, like a black crayon
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
Not a big deal, no one will see it anyway - unless you also use it
as a shaving/washing/cooking pot.........!
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
LOL or bail out your fox hole after it rains!
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
Hey Nick, what's the dimple for - aligning or centering the bales ?
Last edited by Walkwolf; 02-11-2012 at 02:47 AM.
Regards,
Steve.
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Re: M1 helmet? Bought awhile back, questions
at a guess i would say yes nobody has really given an explanation for the dimples other then being associated with M-2 helmets.
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