Afrikakorpsrat64 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Here is my M1917 A1, was issued to Vernon Cole, 45th combat engineers, he was KIA in April 1944 on the Marshall islands. He was from Iowa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Very Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikakorpsrat64 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Thanks @Beastly, this one has a special place for me as I was able to research the owner. Man I love this hobby! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAK D Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Hi @Afrikakorpsrat64, Thank you for sharing photos of this interesting US army helmet. Good luck with your research D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikakorpsrat64 Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 I am real suprised that there is not more interest from members on the US stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrie Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Hiya @Afrikakorpsrat64...That is an amazing helmet... I would love to own one one day ...or one of that ilk... I'm visiting California later this year in November, ( San Diego) and hoping to get my nose into a few shops, ( I have found the vets thrift shops to be good) ideally I want to return home with an M1917 and an original M1...be the M1 WW2 or Vietnam era...doesnt really matter.....and maybe even a couple of fighting knives.... Last trip over, I visited the Del Mar Gun Show, and the things on sale were a collectors heaven...and at such good prices too....I almost bought a Garand rifle and was going to leave it in my cousins gun safe for my range trips when I visited... What I think i'm trying to say is, there is much interest in US militaria over this side...but, its quite difficult to get hold of such stuff...:( SO...keep posting things on here...PLEASE....:) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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