M1 Swievel bail Front seam maybe US Navy
Article about: Hello guys Ice picked up this wonderful M1 helmet together with one of the 3rd infantery division The shell is a Mccord Frontseam Swievel bail with complete webbingstrap The colour is my mai
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I am not sure if anyone will ever know when it was over painted. Nice WWII era pot.
John
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From the pictures I am not sure there is much corking texture or original OD under that grey paint. I'm not sure I would remove it as you might be left with a plain steel and minimal OD.
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It appears to be extremely thick paint, which I would imagine has covered an awful lot of the texture!
As Blackcat (typically) very wisely says, I would keep it exactly as it is. There is no way to tell precisely when it was painted (and Navy helmets do tend to be heavily brush painted, rather than sprayed), but it has honesty and history as it stands.
Nice find,
Bob
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Thanks for the comments
The OD seems underneath
BR
Bavarian
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That’s fine. Leave it there.
This has history and historical value as it is - as a US Navy helmet.
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I never destroy this helmet
BR
Bavarian
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