Hi all,
some time ago I received this helmet as a gift from a familty friend. She bought it in a flea/antiques market, in Italy (and I have no idea how much she paid for it) and later just gve it to me, without really knowing what it was.
Shell is a late WW2 M1, front seam, swivel bales, however paint is a light green that I believe could show reconditioning in the 1950-60s. Chinstrap has T1 clamps and fastener, but looks very new compared to the shell.
All good to here, however what puzzles me is the "thing" at the front. Initially I thought this could be remains of soldering material, but it looks more like very thick paint or similar paterial painted white.
Is this rank insignia? Looking around I have seen French M1s with similar insignia, but it was usually just painted (and bigger).
Another possibility is that is it Korean (ROK) Army: this could be a Sergeant rank as used through the 1980s with old US stock.
Can anybody shed any light?
Cheers
Michele
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