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Colonel's M1 Helmet, and Two Fiber Liners

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$1,353$1,100
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2802TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 21, 2015 12:00PM

Description:

Colonel's M1 Helmet, and Two Fiber Liners, c. 1941-41, a fixed bale M1 helmet shell with front seam, with a white-painted colonel's eagle painted on the front, and a white officer's stripe on the back, (missing chinstrap),a fiber liner with a colonel's eagle painted on the front, and a white officer's stripe on the back, with intact webbing and leather chinstrap, and a jeep cap tucked inside; and a fiber liner with intact webbing and chinstrap, with a colonel's eagle pinned to the front.

Provenance: The collection of Jay Gaynor.
Estimate $300-500

Helmet and liner in good shape, missing the khaki chinstrap, some soiling of the liner from use, second liner is in like new condition with only some very light soiling on the sweatband.


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Keywords

Colonel, white officer, white-painted colonel, Jay Gaynor