M42 ET66 #1529 SD Heer

**IMegaSquirt** · 01-05-2018, 02:45 AM

Snagged this on eBay a couple of weeks ago. It is a very nice SD M42 Heer. Made by ET in size 66 with the Lot Number 1529. It also came with a Party Banner not shown in the pictures. Any comments or concerns are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 01-05-2018 02:45 AM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**IMegaSquirt** · 01-05-2018, 02:53 AM

Picture with the banner

**real steel** · 01-05-2018, 02:56 AM

Lovely textbook ET Heer !!

**Danmark** · 01-05-2018, 03:11 AM

Agree with David - and with a 'wonkily' applied decal ( which tells its own story and good to see )

Q: is a Mega Squirt the same as a Tall Dwarf?......

Cheers, Dan

**MAP** · 01-05-2018, 03:22 AM

Wonderful combat lid. These are the type I really love. There is history behind this helmet!

**IMegaSquirt** · 01-05-2018, 03:42 AM

Both items were brought back by a Veteran and he wrote his name on the liner band (which I thought was an odd place to put it and it was hard to find)

**MAP** · 01-05-2018, 03:44 AM

by IMegaSquirt

Both items were brought back by a Veteran and he wrote his name on the liner band (which I thought was an odd place to put it and it was hard to find)

Henry Grayson for those who can't read upside down

US Vet? Have you looked him up?

I found two Henry Grayson's on NARA. One from Lousiana (but enlistment records say 1946) and one from Illinois (42 enlistment).

**IMegaSquirt** · 01-05-2018, 04:02 AM

by MAP

Henry Grayson for those who can't read upside down

US Vet? Have you looked him up?

I found two Henry Grayson's on NARA. One from Lousiana (but enlistment records say 1946) and one from Illinois (42 enlistment).

I have never looked him up and to be honest I wouldn't even know where to start. Any help with that or points in the right direction would be much appreciated!

**MAP** · 01-05-2018, 04:15 AM

by IMegaSquirt

I have never looked him up and to be honest I wouldn't even know where to start. Any help with that or points in the right direction would be much appreciated!

Find A grave is a good place. I used the National Archives NARA Database. Here is the link. It is a decent starting point. Ancestry.com is good too. But unless you have a serial number it is always hard to tell if it is the same person. In this case, Henry Grayson is listed as being from Cook County Illinois. African American, Born in 1902. Was married and had two years of college. Not a young man when he enlisted.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-...555430,6749846