I thought worth sharing as an interesting piece of history. The helmet was purchased by Advance Guard Militaria when the movie prop house sold off the items. Pick up by a local collector at the Military show in town from Advance Guard. I am now the third owner since. Overall a nice a fixed bale helmet with evidence of original blue paint under so likely US Navy used. The liner is made by Westinghouse with snaps. The helmet was painted by the prop maker and is not original. It was nice to see they used some good items when making the movie props. Just a unique piece of history of the lid. The movie initials are stamped on the inside of the pot. SPR. The movie was Saving Private Ryan.
John
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