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    Can someone help me identify these helmets?

    I recently inherited a rather large quantity of assorted helmets I know absolutely nothing about. If anyone could help me identify these I would be so very grateful. Thank you in advance.







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    7 Germanicon.WW 1
    6 Britishicon Tommy helmet could be WW 2
    5 Frenchicon Adrian. WW1 and 2
    4 Could be Swissicon or maybe later French
    3 East German Cold war era
    2 Chinese Pith helmet.
    1 Some kind of civi construction helmet
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    6 US made US M1917 helmet or Britishicon 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 Germanicon helmet is definitely worth some money. Authentic ones typically go for a few hundred dollars

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    Very nice set!

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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 Germanicon 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!!!!!!!

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    I would love to see them sometime I live down the street in Titusville.

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