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Another helmet added to my small collection.
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October 13, 2019, 03:00:25 PM
I found this at a garage sale of all places. Got it dirt cheap as well. After doing a bit of research, this complete M1 American helmet clearly got a master sergeant insignia painted by someone who didn't know what the rank looked like. I do not care, as I got it very cheap.
Now all I need to find is a Canadian Brodie Mark II helmet. They are a bit difficult to source.
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October 13, 2019, 03:20:49 PM
Cool are you thinking of removing
the ranking and just have it in green
I think it would look much better
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not sure. I do not mind the marking.
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October 13, 2019, 06:14:28 PM
A replica transfer sticker would look better
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October 16, 2019, 09:23:20 PM
Great score!
I've been meaning to get a Federal Signal FH-2 fire helmet (a European-style design that only lasted for a couple years in the '70s) and one of the silver Gallet helmets used by the French fire services. No room, though.
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October 20, 2019, 01:31:30 AM
As a sign artist/pinstriper I am often called on to paint helmets and over the years have accumulated quite a few over the years.With the abandonment of helmet laws in Michigan I have found myself with quite a few that were painted to be sold.
One of the things I always wanted to do up was a fireman's helmet and last year I found a nice original one at the local flea market for a mere ten dollars.
I noticed that someone had painted the lettering on the front and also inside the helmet and I became a bit curious about it.
It read,"To the "Collector's Item" from Mike Snyder and the Shemya Fire Department." The guy I got it from said it came out of a collection his uncle had and he was selling them off for his aunt after he had passed away.He also said he thought it might have been from Alaska.
Curious I Googled the name and came up with two places of the name:one in Indiana(not far from here)and the other near the westernmost tip of the Aleutian Island chain. Reading up on the Aleutian island I found that it was a refueling point for bombers hitting Japan during the second World War and later became an actual military base although they were a bit hesitant about what they actually did there.Supposedly it was a listening post and airport in the cold War against the soviet Union.
I still don't know what the meaning of the inscription inside the helmet means or who the people were but I decided against destroying the original finish until I can find out more. I've enclosed some pictures of the helmet and also a T-shirt design I lifted off the net showing the location of the base. Hopefully one day I will know the story.
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October 20, 2019, 01:37:18 AM
Here is another one I picked up years ago because I liked the art work. Done by someone named Silas Knowles he was apparently a native of this area and I guess a WWII veteran. I still cannot find any info on him although I still try.
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That last one is simply
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They look good Ray
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October 20, 2019, 07:09:41 PM
Chako, your helmet reminds me of a scene in an old movie, wish I could remember what one, in it after a battle and out of necessity a soldier was promoted on the spot and they improvised his new insignia onto his uniform, something to think about
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October 21, 2019, 05:00:08 AM
That was something I had not considered.
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