Very nice! I have a few flight helmets from a family friend who flew military jets and helicopters throughout his career. They look great on display too.
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Very nice! I have a few flight helmets from a family friend who flew military jets and helicopters throughout his career. They look great on display too.
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Looks like the steel pot has a sand texture, and not the WWII period cork texture. Chinstrap looks to be Vietnam era. Liner is a nice WWII example.
Has that Spanish Ameoba pattern look to it....not sure.
That's pretty much it.
Purchased this very cool deactivated .50 Cal from the same seller that had the Maxim I posted. I got one hell of a deal for both guns so I couldn't pass them up. This one is in aircraft...
Bought this historic piece, and a 50 Cal. recently...found on the bald *** Alberta prairie in a town of 1500 people. I had no idea about it's history when I bought it, but some very knowledgeable...
Helmets with this stamp on the rim are actual Dutch made helmets. VB is for Verblifa Vereenigde Blikfabrieken. Direct copy of the MkII.
Greetings fellow collectors! Checking in from Central Alberta Canada. Collector and gun nut for all my life. Hope to learn and perhaps help fellow collectors out there.
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