Silent Auction PASGT Helmet

**Aragorn243** · 05-17-2023 09:18 PM

I won the auction. I went in this afternoon, checked the sheet, re-read the rules and at the close of day today, the auction would be over. They would finalize the bids tomorrow and call me to pick it up Friday. Since I was there, and the store closed in four minutes, I asked to speak to the manager and she checked it out and I have it in my possession now.

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**browningautorifle** · 05-17-2023 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Aragorn243

I won the auction.

I was certain you would...faith. Interesting that they chose to designate this the "M1 icon

" helmet again.

Black, must have been used by some police force? Swat?

**Low & Slow** · 05-17-2023 11:21 PM

Great that you won out!

**Aragorn243** · 05-18-2023 07:40 AM

Pretty sure the M in this instance stands for Medium. I was wondering about the black myself. Leave it be or remove it. I'm going to put a woodland cover on it so I'll probably leave it be.

**browningautorifle** · 05-18-2023 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Aragorn243

Pretty sure the M in this instance stands for Medium.

I see.

**Flying10uk** · 05-18-2023 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Aragorn243

Pretty sure the M in this instance stands for Medium.

But what do you think the "1" would denote then? Was there several "sub-sizes" of the medium size helmet, a bit like British icon

army boot sizes coming in small, medium and large for each size?

Congratulations on winning the auction.

**Aragorn243** · 05-19-2023 08:19 AM

Not sure what the 1 stands for. I have looked at several helmets and the letter at the top has been M, S or L. The numbers were different in many but 1 was the most common. Could be a lot number, mold number, I don't know.

I did some checking and no one seems to know what the numbers are. 1-6 are known. Mold number or manufacturer are the most common speculation but the manufacturer is also stamped on most of them so that seems unlikely. That leaves mold number.

**browningautorifle** · 05-19-2023 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Flying10uk

Was there several "sub-sizes"

No, there are a small, medium and large, I don't know about extra small or EX lge. We didn't have anything extra or sub size as you suggest. Our ideas came from others ahead of us, we wore the steel M1 icon

when the US had already changed over. Our pattern came from them.

**Aragorn243** · 05-19-2023 07:47 PM

They make XS and XL in commercial helmets, not sure about military issue.

**Flying10uk** · 05-19-2023 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

We didn't have anything extra or sub size as you suggest. Our ideas came from others ahead of us, we wore the steel M1 icon

when the US had already changed over. Our pattern came from them.

I was trying to establish what the "1" denoted as clearly it has some meaning. The question appears to have now been answered.

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