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When I seen this particular Mk II it struck a cord in me it was like a light bulb had been turned on as I thought it looked dam familiar and was possibly one of three helmets that is thought to have...

One has to remember that this particular style of helmet as mentioned by Jim was used postwar and by numerous European countries as well and there were post war variations also produced which...

There were three models of German combat grade helmets produced from 1935-1944 the first was the M-35 which had a rolled edge the air vents in this particular model were produced separately and then...

Yes Jim you are correct all of this changed when we adopted the new model CG 634 helmet here is an example from my collection I can start a post on it if there is any interest.

Regards Mark

The helmet is indeed an M-42 with a later war second pattern zinc M-1931 liner band as stated the air vents are rather odd and looks to have been pressed in reverse perhaps this section of the dye...

Thank you for the reply Jim I did realize that the chicken pad was removed most of the time and would be stowed away once feet hit the ground but the dome ring is new to me I assume it must of been...

This 1944 dated BMB IMHO is one of the nicest HSAT's I had seen for sale in some time and so I had to add it to my collection it retains all most all of its original dark brown paint and textured...

There is very little published information out there concerning this type of conversion and most of that can be found is in the book by Roger Lucy Tin Lids In the late 1940's and early 1950's as...

These are rather an interesting helmet and are quite hard to source there is nothing extraordinary about the helmet body it self it is post Vietnam era produced from the type of font used on the heat...

Thanks for the reply Jim I was using my smart phone earlier and did not notice someone else had chimbed in on the discussion .
If you are current or ex military my ut-most deepest respect and thank...

Thank you Harlan I should have properly introduced my self in the welcome thread.
As to the condition it was one of the reasons I purchased this example it screams of being field used.
One of the...

Hi Harlan I was starting to wonder if anyone was going to reply my understanding is that they were not to tight but had a tendacy to shrink.
If I try and match up the two pieces of material on the...

Just thought I might add a little to this thread gents here is a Late war M-1 C Para from my collection.
The liner is a repainted late war production Westy in the proper configuration sporting OD#7...