Another great looking lid James. I have been watching one of these on eBay, for the past week, and believe it or not, just won it about an hour ago. Does not have the camo or band however, as yours does, I will have to keep an eye out for those pieces to finish it up correctly. The shell of the Belgian M71 I believer are West German M1A1 LL Paratrooper helmets, with the French F1 liner system as you stated. I'll post when I rec'ved it, along with a few others we've added to the kids collection.
Russ
Great stuff Russ we must have the same taste in lids, i don't think you will be disappointed ,post a pic on this thread when it arrives as it would be great for comparison ,quite a diminutive size shell when compared to the US M1
Last edited by James C; 11-03-2020 at 07:23 PM.
Will do James, just paid for it this morning so hopefully we will see it by early next week, it is shipping from here in the states. Kid does not know about this one, will be a suprise. Also have 2 Bulgarian M36's, that he is unaware of, waiting for us at the post office, as I type. We should have those in our hot little hands in the next few hours. I'll post them all, along with some other great finds we've stumbled across, once the new M71 arrives.
I will look forward to seeing pictures of these lids Russ .Can i ask what type and era the M36 pairing are Russ as i have an early Type C
Last edited by James C; 11-03-2020 at 08:29 PM.
Nice to see someone give some love to these under-appreciated helmets! I am in love with the camo cover.
Nitram
We have a Type B on the shelf now and a Type A and Type C sitting in a box at the post office. He was talking about M36's a few months back so I though I'd suprise him with one and after doing a bit of research on them, decided to get one of each type.
Last edited by MySonsDad; 04-24-2012 at 12:48 PM.
Very nice Russ and thanks Nitram ,i was pleased to add this example
Last edited by James C; 11-03-2020 at 07:28 PM.
I was considering purchasing the lower pictured M71 and might regret getting the one we just got instead of that nice camo and banded one. He's got a couple other helmets I'd like to have as well. Oh and the M36's have arrived!
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