French OTAN M51 Helmet

[reneblacky]

G'day All,

Just for the record and information- my mint French M51 & an South African issued M51.
René

[gaz232sqn]

G'day All,

Just for the record and information- my mint M51 & an South African issued M51. The first five pictures are of the French unissued.

René

Hi Mate,

Just out of solidarity for a fellow M51 collector, i've posted one yesterday....i guess they are just not too vogue at present....
Nice lids by the way, i like em, so do you... oh well you can't please everyone

Cheers

Gaz

[reneblacky]

Hi Mate,

Just out of solidarity for a fellow M51 collector, i've posted one yesterday....i guess they are just not too vogue at present....
Nice lids by the way, i like em, so do you... oh well you can't please everyone

Cheers

Gaz

We have had a few people take a look so far Thanks for your reply
The SA helmet I had to drag along in my hand luggage along with a ton of other overweight goodies from Johannesburg - Hong Kong - Sydney then home to Melbourne

[gaz232sqn]

We have had a few people take a look so far Thanks for your reply
The SA helmet I had to drag along in my hand luggage along with a ton of other overweight goodies from Johannesburg - Hong Kong - Sydney then home to Melbourne

Hi Mate.

Nice one about the SA,well travelled, I like the idea of that, I would be reminded of this trip,everytime I looked at it.

I brought back a Adrian,from France,not quite as exciting, as your bring back

Cheers Mate.

[James C]

very nice example René and hello from the uk ,thank you for sharing i notice you didnt recieve a great responce from this thread its strange how some helmets dont have a huge following i believe any early post war helmet is worth collecting as they can only increase in value , can i ask what otan means as i honestly havent got a clue ,i picked up my example today and am very pleased with the condition it has swivel bails im not sure if earlier designs had fixed bails though ?both the lid and liner are dated 1954 it has a rough cork type texture to the lid i cant believe the similarities between this and the us m1 ,to me its just a variation of the m1 im pleased i have a good example and im sure it will look great in my collection thanks again james[ATTACH=CONFIG]240458[/ATTACH

[reneblacky]

very nice example René and hello from the uk ,thank you for sharing i notice you didnt recieve a great responce from this thread its strange how some helmets dont have a huge following i believe any early post war helmet is worth collecting as they can only increase in value , can i ask what otan means as i honestly havent got a clue ,i picked up my example today and am very pleased with the condition it has swivel bails im not sure if earlier designs had fixed bails though ?both the lid and liner are dated 1954 it has a rough cork type texture to the lid i cant believe the similarities between this and the us m1 ,to me its just a variation of the m1 im pleased i have a good example and im sure it will look great in my collection thanks again james[ATTACH=CONFIG]240458[/ATTACH

G'day James
Nice one. OTAN is NATO backwards

[battle gear]

here's my French M51 dated 1952 by LU MESSEI , it has fixed bales and riveted on straps, the liner is from J. DUNOIS & FILS VINCENNES - 1953

this set looks unissued

[MySonsDad]

It amazes me how many variations/clones to the US M-1 there are, I find it quite intriguing. I guess to most, these have little collectors value but to me, it's more the history. I've grown a recent fondness for the M-1 and its clones, I'm sure the shelf will be filled with them over time. Thanks for sharing.

[Walkwolf]

Interesting helmets, boys. Not seen much, if at all over here.............

OTAN is NATO backwards, which stands for 'North Atlantic Treaty Organisation'
but in Francaise it reads: 'Organisation du Traite de l'Atlantique Nord'

[reneblacky]

here's my French M51 dated 1952 by LU MESSEI , it has fixed bales and riveted on straps, the liner is from J. DUNOIS & FILS VINCENNES - 1953

this set looks unissued

Lovely Thanks Mate