FS/FB M1 with a General Fibre made Hawley liner and mystery cover
Article about: I have recently picked up several great helmets from a local used site that I am super excited to add to the collection. This is a nice front seam fixed bail M1 with a slightly damaged Gener
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I thought I would update, posted this on a forum that specializes in Canadian gear, the cloth used is most likely a Canadian Army Bush Uniform. I have also found a picture of a Canadian HSAT pre Korea that ha a very similar camo painted on it and a Canadian soldier with a rubber band almost exactly the same as this one. So if the mods want to move this to another forum feel free, or not, it is a WWII M1 helmet, with a cover from between 1949 and the 1960's.
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It is a nice lid. I just do not know all the details. I have not seen that style of liner on a post war helmet.
John
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Rescue190
It is a nice lid. I just do not know all the details. I have not seen that style of liner on a post war helmet.
John
The liner is a proper 3rd pattern WWII Hawley liner that was made under contract by General Fibre. The heat stamp puts it around the end of 1942, which is the proper range of the 200,000 helmets the US sent to Canada in 1943. Canada used a lot of these helmets post war without any changes, so you can see pictures of Canadians with fs/fb, sewn straps, brass hooks, and WWII paint during the 1960's, but they had been used in limited amounts from 1943 onwards. I am very happy with this helmet, I had been wanting a hawley for a while and with the cover on it, the paint (the little I can see without taking the cover off which I will not do) looks to be almost perfect WWII paint, and that cover is just gives it a great look.
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