506 PIR Helmet and Items: Real or Fake?

**Walkwolf** · 01-02-2012, 03:31 AM

US M-3 knives in very good to excellent condition fetch a few hundred dollars
and more depending on the maker, but in this poor/worn condition it is not
worth much, IMO. Can you make out any markings on the
blade or crossguard ?

If it is blade marked it could possibly be worth $50-$100. A competent
knife maker may be able to restore the leather washer grip, but he
would really have to know what he is doing. Most all makers
have several specific features.........

**AmericanKraut** · 01-02-2012, 05:21 AM

My PX M3 is made by Imperial and has USMC engraved so it probably was purchased by a marine it is not marked on the pommel and has a different grip this is how you can tell that it is px. It is cut down unfortunately -Ben

**Walkwolf** · 01-02-2012, 05:51 PM

It would be interesting to see it, Ben !

**Masonk** · 01-02-2012, 06:11 PM

by Greg

I aquired these items from the family of a veteran.

If these items were truly acquired from the family of a vet, I would contact them and request to return all items for a full refund. Even though the M3 is real, the other items, big ticket items if they were authentic, mind you, were falsely represented as the real deal with a bogus story. There is a slim chance that the vet, if there was one, served with the 506th PIR, and picked these up as replacements depicting items he originally used for display purposes, however I find that hard to believe.

While you may not have spent a whole lot of money on them, on principal alone, I would want my money back.

As for the other helmet, I believe it is a Czech M53. *Correction - looking at the liner, I may be incorrect in saying this is an M53