Not entirely sure what Nation or state this M1 style helmet belonged too so I'm hoping you can help me identify it as it seems to be a hodge podge of composite parts
My plan was to pick up an infantry Israeli M1 as i know they used different liner configs including British liners and when i saw the Crusible liner i thought perhaps it could be but on further inspection i believe the metal liner banding could be polish. It Has a nice snug fit in the shell and also has four foam bumper pads ,again this backs up my theory its polish as i have a similar liner albeit for the liner fingers on my WZ 67 fibre guards helmet.
The liner pads certainly look soviet ,One pad has small swirl patterns which if im honest im not familiar with while the other two are the pebbled type like you would find on the post 1950 examples ,These have been retained within the liner band by three split pins per pad and some simple string loops
So were Israel in the habit of using Soviet/Warsaw Pact liners ?
The liner is held in place by one central bolt
My next thought was to the shell and i think judging by the swivel bails am i right in saying I can rule out it being US in origin ? besides even if there was a heat stamp you would never see it under the thick sand texture
I did think perhaps it was a West German m56 quist just going off how dented up it is ,a trait of the m56 as it was easily damaged but going off how weighty it feels my thoughts then turned to the Austrian m58 ,On Comparison though the bails sit much closer to the rim than on these so I look forward to your thoughts on it
So to recap what the heck have i got here ,Israeli ? or maybe an Irainian or Iraqi War relic or maybe something else
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