THE HELMET THREAD

Hi Oliiver.

Thanks for showing what you got, very cool Mate, and look forward to all the others too

very nice irish helmets helm40 i notice the paddycammo helmet on the right has a very low scrim band at the front or are we looking at the rear of the helmet ,thanks jay

Hello,
See the 2xDPM covers in the Ireland section. It eplains this issue with the camo covers. Seems they were made wrong(backwards).
Thanks,
Scott

My new 1976 dated NVA FJ Steel helmet





Will need to get a camo net for it.

my frenchy lids 1926 adrian my m51 and the gulf war f1

Former U.S. liner reissued by Chile. The Condor, Air Force insignia on the side.

Any ideas on this please-MP or Traffic Control??

I believe its both

Iraqi M80, nice salty addition to my collection, fair amount of damage,missing parts etc...100% Gulf war relic with provenance.

parafal wrote:Got a nice free MICH helmet from a buddy on Friday







Now i need to get a sight mount and a cover in either UCP or OCP for it.

Free I like Free its my favorite price
Nice Pot lucky

Not sure if ive posted this up before,if i have i do apologise.

What with the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict it seems that every Tom,Dick and indeed Harry seems to own an Argie M1 and are all on Ebay whereas you woul dbe lucky to see 1 or 2 an year previously-most i would be very doubtful about

Very interesting looking M1 Rich, I would be very keen to see some detailed shots of the liner internals ,and of the shell!!

I have a couple of these myself, one came from a vet so I'm 101% happy with it, one other came off eBay a few years back, which I bought in good faith off a guy who was raising funds for his local legion club, both proven used pieces.

I am dubious about some of these lids on eBay at the present, I would need to see some fantastic detailed shots of the lid, before I drained my paypal account on them

This F1 Helmet has an original French 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment cover(3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie), held on with the obligatory car door sealer and inner tube,also posted in the French section

I see its arrived Gary,very nice

My Argie M1 i love but would be interested to know if that panther type head denotes any particular unit or just an individual conscripts artwork.

Its in storage(pics taken a few years ago) but will try to dig it out.

Gulf91 wrote:I see its arrived Gary,very nice

My Argie M1 i love but would be interested to know if that panther type head denotes any particular unit or just an individual conscripts artwork.

Its in storage(pics taken a few years ago) but will try to dig it out.

Yes indeed, I must say I'm well chuffed with this one, I love my French Militaria so this one add's to my side obsession.

Regarding the Panther head, really have not a clue mate, I used to have a really good Argentinian contact on another forum, but we have lost contact ( well truth be known ,I can't be arsed to visit that site any more) but I suspect that there may well be a conscript artwork aspect to this one, it would be good to find out though, I've always liked the field artwork carried out by troops in conflicts.

Bored so trawling through my old pics,if i have already posted pics of some of these helmets already i do apologise.

Unissued Aussie Vietnam M1.

Any ideas on this anyone-its NOT a cheap plastic Airsoft type helmet.

Love the Ozzie M1 Rich, hard to get hold of

Equally love the Kevlar jobbie, no ideas at the moment , but I do suspect it's a commercially available one used for security work etc

Easy Gee wrote:Love the Ozzie M1 Rich, hard to get hold of

Equally love the Kevlar jobbie, no ideas at the moment , but I do suspect it's a commercially available one used for security work etc

Thanks Gary,no labels of stamps im afraid.

Had it for a few years now and somebody at the time mentioned possibly made by LBA??

Gulf91 wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Love the Ozzie M1 Rich, hard to get hold of

Equally love the Kevlar jobbie, no ideas at the moment , but I do suspect it's a commercially available one used for security work etc

Thanks Gary,no labels of stamps im afraid.

Had it for a few years now and somebody at the time mentioned possibly made by LBA??

No worries, my first thought was Vestguard , but they have a slightly diffent liner cradle, could be anyone like Roth-co, National plastics etc,etc, Nkomo would know I reckon, PM him!!

Hi Guys.

Here's another M1, this one is from my parts bin, and is missing some vital components, but is a nice example of a 1965 Firestone liner, and VN era steel shell.

some very nice lids on show and keep them comming guys here's a few more of mine first my soviet ssch 39 heres an m1 i picked up a while back advertised as a vietnam era m1 it wasnt the liner is mid 80's but the lid was heat stamped S which was later confirmed as a surplus shleuter which were only made during ww2 so i was more than pleased next my original semi relic german stahlhelm m1916 next is a few of my ww2 helmets which are a work in progress modelloz luftshutz and bulgarian lid and some more of my ww2 lids german m35 luftwaffe jap type 90 and italian spanish interwar m33 with francoist eagle insignia next some of my allied ww2 lids british mk11 french adrian mccord m1 fixed bails front seam with capac liner and original parachute cammo cover and my ssch 40 next my warden helmet next my eastern block display m56 ssch 68 ssch 60 and czech vz 53and then onto more modern stuff

Absolutely outstanding displays as ever Jay..bloody fantastic


One question, I am interested in the net/cover combo on the VZ lid, if it's Desert issue that's super rare!!!!!!!

bulgarian m36c luftschutz gladiator and spanish modelloz