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Can someone help me identify these helmets?
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08-30-2012 10:07 PM
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6 US made US M1917 helmet or British contract made in US.
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Same as above except
4) US Navy helmet. Typically seen worn by landing craft operators
1) Civil Defense Helmet
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Thank you all for the information. Amazingly enough these were all from one box and I still have a couple dozen more to unpack! Out of curiosity, are these worth anything?
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The WWI German helmet is definitely worth some money. Authentic ones typically go for a few hundred dollars
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I just wanted to thank everyone for their help. I can only imagine what else I will find when I unpack the rest of thesde boxes.
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#7 should have something stamped into the rim by the chinstarp attachment, that should give you a makers code and size. Depending on the maker it could be rarer than most and up the value.
#7 could also could be WW1 Austrian-Hungarian do to the cloth chin strap. They attached the chin strap by rivets to the helmet and the German 1918 had the leather chin strap attached to the liner. I have a German 1917 that uses the old 1891 attachment stud like that found on Picklehaubs so I can't give you a definate answer on this one. I may be wrong but that is what I am reading about these. This makes for a good read and lets you know what you might have. The WW1 Stalhelms look alike but there are small things that you have to look for to tell the difference...Stahlhelm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You got yourself a very nice start to collecting helmets!!!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil
Last edited by AZPhil; 09-04-2012 at 09:24 PM.
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I would love to see them sometime I live down the street in Titusville.
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