Frankenstein or Vietnam era...
Article about: Greetings forum members, I Have a variety of helmets but my M1 collection is still growing. That being said I recently bought three helmets and two were M1 helmets. One appears to be an Aust
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I can say the cover is a 1970s ERDL, don't think it was used incountry. Chinstrap is late 1970s-1980s Grenada era. Liner itself is likely 1960s or early 1970s. It's a frankenstein in my opinion.. Either way, I'd be on cloud 9 and over the hills if I paid only 17 bucks for this! The liner itself is probably worth 20-30 on its own, but then again, this stuff is scarce in my area.. No matter what, 17 bucks for any M1 Helmet with a liner, cover, shell and even an inner tube band is pretty decent. You did good with this one!
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Excellent info so far it’s appreciated.
I was able to expose some of the heat stamp marks on the shell which include the following:
483A
S
Trying to narrow down the production age for this helmet.
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Front seam Schlueter, which makes it WW2 production (early to late 1944 timeframe I think). The paintjob might be done in service and as such part of the helmet's history. The chinstraps are late 1970's-early 1980's. The liner is the transitional type with the 'new' suspension and old fiber shell and will probably date from around 1965 or so.
What is the date of the cover? ERDL covers were introduced on a trial-base in 1968 I believe, although most will be dated post-Vietnam.
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earlymb
Front seam Schlueter,.
Your eyes must be better than mine, I can't see the seem at the front. I was thinking it's a rear seam Schlueter.
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Well, I think I see a seam in the first pic but it might be covered with paint.... or just a scratch in that paint
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earlymb
Well, I think I see a seam in the first pic but it might be covered with paint.... or just a scratch in that paint
Yes there is a rear seam. The helmet is going to be restored it’s had layers of paint on top of paint.
Unfortunately there is no markings on that cover. It likely didn’t come with this helmet. I bought it with a lot of two other helmets. I took the chinstraps off. I’m thinking I will put Vietnam style ones in as pictured with a previous is post.
My understanding with the rear seam and marks is that it is a late war helmet shell that yes has a Vietnam era liner inside it.
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TheDecider
My understanding with the rear seam and marks is that it is a late war helmet shell that yes has a Vietnam era liner inside it.
Hello, yes you are correct. Cheers
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A bit of a bitter, but well found for $17! The colour of the shell looks darker green than ww2 buy closer to Korean War reissue or later. But you did very well for sure and won't be out of pocket of you decided to move it on.
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