THE HELMET THREAD

was rummaging through the loft and found my box of gasmasks so for a compromise on lack of space i thought i would just have a couple of my favorites on display

James, that Pasgt set up screams gulf war 1 ...love it

cheers gary it does make for a great display and was a shame to have the mask just stored away

boring i know but another stahlhelm relic for you this time an m40 the liner band and 3 split pins are intact

James that is the least boring lid I've seen for a long time!!

Love the patina on the shell, and the remnants of original paint...luftwaffe ???

thanks gary im not sure but its definately snow cammo and the original colour looks grey here she is on display amongst the other stahlhelms

James could well be a limewash type material,cool piece Mate. BTW what have you coated you're relics with,it looks very glossy. Hopefully not oil as this degrades the original paint eventually.

Hope all is well in the James home

cheers gary i did originally lightly coat in goose fat (goose step get it) i think the trouble is i took a photo with the plexiglass on the front of the display and it created a lot of glare ,all is well pal things are very quite on this thread so i thought id better post something

jaycee wrote:cheers gary i did originally lightly coat in goose fat (goose step get it) i think the trouble is i took a photo with the plexiglass on the front of the display and it created a lot of glare ,all is well pal things are very quite on this thread so i thought id better post something

Goose fat/step very good, LOL.

Your right very quiet in dodge,maybe the run up to xmas means ,collectors do not have too much cash to buy more lids and show them off here??

It seems like a life time ago I bought some new steel ( or kevlar), I might have to dig about in the loft and find something I've not shown before!

Take care matey

you could be right gary about the reasons for lack of interest ,money can be tight at this time of year luckily santa paid for my latest m40 so no more lids for me this year ill see what 2013 brings ,p.s ill look forward to some more pics of your collection i guess when you dig out the crimbo tree you might find some hey theres an idea hanging helmets intead of baurball's on the tree mmm

jaycee wrote:you could be right gary about the reasons for lack of interest ,money can be tight at this time of year luckily santa paid for my latest m40 so no more lids for me this year ill see what 2013 brings ,p.s ill look forward to some more pics of your collection i guess when you dig out the crimbo tree you might find some hey theres an idea hanging helmets intead of baurball's on the tree mmm

Good old Santa, he never let's us collectors down eh!

LOL - I would like to see my families faces if I hung a load old steel lids from the crimbo tree..it would go down like a lead balloon I deeply suspect.

take care matey

gary here's a pic with the plexiglass off

Nice one James, without the perspex I can clearly see the lids, I really like your idea of enclosing the lids behind glass as it where, another inspirational tip I may just borrow of you.

I really miss being able to display my lids on show,in fact recently I discovered that because I had stacked a load of M1's on top of each other temporarily, I realised when I moved them all, the bottom one had the cradle hanging out of the liner,as the weight on top had rippied the rivets out of the cradle..I almost cried Mate.Oh well it's only fabric and metal I guess, but it taught me a vital lesson,that being correct storage is key!!

More cool examples James,does make me wince when I look at the bullet holes in the shells though...war is hell!

Also nice to see a Belgy lid,I don't think anyone has posted one of these post war examples here yet,nice one Mate.

British HAPLSS (HALO) helmet. Modified Gentex HGU 55. I've got 2. One a mint in the box large (this one) and another hardly used XL (also in the box). The xl is up for trade for a decent kevlar helmet of a type used by UK/US SF.

Have small earphones and not the large cup type. Leather lined throughout. Fittings for a boom mic' on each side (along with comms socket on both sides. Used with a modified 'P' type oxy mask.

Goggles or visor can be used with it.

Cool looking lid Dave, not seen to many of these around here, I see your looking for a trade, can't help there mate, but I will trade compliments with you...very unusual piece of Para paraphernalia

Nice pot Dave I wish I had the required SF kevlar to trade

Thanks guys.

South African M87 helmet with strangely a US Choc Chip cover that has been on the helmet for a long time by the look of things-any ideas why the Choc cover?

Very,very nice SA lid Gulf, no ideas why it would have the choc chip cover on it though?

Cheers Gary,the cover baffles me as well but the wear and rust marks are consistent with the fittings etc so has been on there for quite a while.

Sourced the Nutria cover to replace it but kind of like the Desert cover on it to be honest.

nice halo helmet dave and in superb condition ,im also liking the composite S/A lid gulf ive never seen one close up before ,if you ever think of parting with the cookie dough cover give us a shout,thanks gary the m42 stahlhelm has seen some serious slug damage ,ok so ive not been on for a little while been having trouble with the image host for some reason any way here's my latest pickups a 1976 dated dutch m53 m1 clone a polish wz67 used for light duties as its a composite not steel and finally my french ww1 infantry marine m1915

Gulf91 wrote:Cheers Gary,the cover baffles me as well but the wear and rust marks are consistent with the fittings etc so has been on there for quite a while.

Sourced the Nutria cover to replace it but kind of like the Desert cover on it to be honest.

No worries Rich, and I agree with you the cover looks to be matched with the lid..very strange, to be honest I'm not aware of any mission aspects of the SA Army,but it might well be that the SA forces took part in some missions requiring Desert camo covers, I dunno??

Cool piece nevertheless

Thanks. SA stuff not my thing really but couldnt resist along with the German M35 ive recently bought-certainly coundlt afford it and shouldnt have bought either but hey ho,a Christmas present to myself I guess