My new helmet displays

My wife and I made these stands today. We picked all the needed materials from our local Hobby Lobby for under $10 a helmet stand. Very simple and with about 10 minutes worth of work, you have a great looking stand. I am in the process of staining these stands and adding fabric to the tops so they don't damage the helmets.

My SF Mich (camo) and my Contractor PSD (personal Security Detail) helmets on their new stands.

Pretty Cool !!! I wish I had more room to do that !!

Nice MICH helmets!

Also, nice stand.

Thanks for the positive comments guys! I really don't have a lot of room to display my helmets right now. Fixing up my basement this summer is a priority. As of right now, I have a "war room" or a "man cave" stuffed to bursting with militaria!! I don't have many helmets, but I'd like to have a way to display the ones I do.

As far as the helmets I've posted, they are pretty cool. The camo MICH only went for $99 on Ebay (I was the only bidder). I still can't figure that one out. Most MICH helmets go off for at least $140 or higher, especially the painted ones. Supposedly came from a SEAL, but who knows.

The contractor helmet is one of my favorites. It belonged to a fellow USMF member who picked it up in Iraq. He was transporting some contractors for some R & R in Baghdad. These contractors were the ones who pull PSD (Personal Security Detail) for high ranking officials. To make a long story short, one of the PSD guys left his helmet in the helicopter. To make it even stranger, the helicopter pilot who I got this off of had his MICH helmet stolen a few days before and made this "found" helmet his own for the duration of his time in Iraq!!!!! I traded him a brand new MICH helmet for it. I have always liked items that are used and have a little bit of history to them. I think I got the better deal on that one!

panzerwerk wrote:Pretty Cool !!! I wish I had more room to do that !!

me too, steve.

Those are cool helmet stands Arch MICH's are cool too, don't have any spare NVG brackets do you? think I'm gonna ask anyone who I see collects US stuff

Grim Reaper wrote:think I'm gonna ask anyone who I see collects US stuff

I know, haha!

Very creative, I love it!

Arch just noticed the "tally of 6" to the right of the screw head on your camo MICH...... I wonder what thats for?

GR

Cool collection and a really great way to display them,nice one

The same idea with thousands of miles away, years ago I thought of a wooden base and a piece of broomstick, a wick at the top to avoid damaging the hull and the same end, by the way yours are very nice.
Spanish Marine M1 medic.

nkomo wrote:

Easy Gee wrote:Cool collection and a really great way to display them,nice one

Easy Gee,
Thanks for the complimet. I have many more helmets in my colelction spanning from Korea to the present time period. Seems I have been picking up more helmets lately than I have in the past. I love helmets, but they can be a bear to store properly. The helmet stand project is something that would be great if you had shelving units installed in your "war room". I mainly use mine for taking pictures as of right now.
Arch

No worries,I am at present looking into ideas for displaying my lids,so this fit's the bill nicely

spukmeyer wrote:The same idea with thousands of miles away, years ago I thought of a wooden base and a piece of broomstick, a wick at the top to avoid damaging the hull and the same end, by the way yours are very nice.
Spanish Marine M1 medic.

Nice Spanish M1, and a great way to display it,I will have to dig out my Spanish M1,and post it, for your comments, ( especially regarding the liner markings !!)

Nice one

I really need a Spanish M1. I have put off buying one for some time now, but now I have several helmet covers with nothing to do

And this is a reminder to me that Arch's helmet display stands are fantastic. Much better than the three styrofoam heads I just purchased today.

Steve