(377) RARE,
ORIGINAL, VET P/U, "NAMED", WW II US ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, "COMBAT SURGEON'S", M1 HELMET.
This
WW II US M1 helmet was purchased, DIRECTLY, from 84-year-old Dr. Harold XXXX, MD, of the Newark, NJ
area, in 2004, during a "hotel sweep", or "buying show". Dr. XXXX served in the ETO during 1943-45,
and was reportedly the "Regimental Surgeon" of the 768th Field Artillery Regiment. His actual US Army
Medical Corps, M1 steel helmet has a FRONT-SEAM ( photo ), bilateral "FIXED BALES" ( photo ), and
LIGHT-KHAKI colored web chinstraps ( photo ), with blackened brass furniture ( photo ). The helmet
shell's ORIGINAL, OLIVE-DRAB paint & cork, factory-applied finish is approximately
80 % intact ( photo ), with most of the "wear" on the top of the dome ( photo ), and rear of the
helmet ( photo ). There is a large "rusted" area inside the shell, on the left side ( photo ), which
corresponds with a rust-stained area on the same side of the helmet's ORIGINAL, fiberglass liner
( photo ). The front of the M1 helmet has LARGE, PERIOD, "hand-painted" RED CROSS, on a WHITE circle
( photo ). Remnants of a similar RED CROSS-on-WHITE, emblem can be seen near the rear of the M1 shell. Although the front-painted RED CROSS insignia is approximately 90 % intact ( photo ); a
similar medic's insignia, on the rear of the helmet body, is badly worn, and only about 10% is still
visible ( photo ). The ORIGINAL fiberglass helmet LINER has about 90 % of its ORIGINAL, "flat"
OLIVE-DRAB, factory-sprayed paint finish ( photo ), and is marked inside of the dome with the usual
"Westinghouse" factory logo ( photo ). The LINER webbing is all LIGHT-KHAKI-colored ( photo ), and the
original TAN leather sweatband ( photo ), and web "NAPE" strap ( photo ), are present. The
liner's ORIGINAL, brown leather chinstrap is intact ( photo ), and has a blackened brass buckle,
without an "anchor" emblem ( photo ). The front of the liner has a grommeted air vent, and
PERIOD-applied, "homemade" US Army "captain's bars"; made from two quarter-inch strips of ( dirty )
white ADHESIVE TAPE! ( photo ). The overall condition of this VERY RARE, ORIGINAL, "documented", WW II
US Army Medical Corps "Battlefield Surgeon's" M1 helmet is VERY GOOD.
ORIGINAL, DOCUMENTED, AND
"NAMED", WW II US ARMY MEDICAL OFFICER'S M1 HELMET.
$2,650.00 ORDER ON HOLD
Helmet 3/4 Right Helmet Right Helmet 3/4 left Helmet Left Strap Detail 1 Strap Detail 2 Strap Detail 3 Helmet Interior Shell
