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McCord steel shell and Firestone liner, both with handpainted 3rd Division markings. Chinstrap bears the inkstamp P2861.
Submitted by Thierry Juif |
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Regular M-1 helmet with Westinghouse jumpliner with leather chincup of Captain Meese who served with A-battery, 155th AAA Bn. (Anti-Tank), 17th Airborne Division. This helmet was worn in the Ardennes and with operation Varsity. | |||||||||
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VIIth Army Corps marked helmet of Lt. George M. Long who was in the Illinois National Guard and 111th HQ Engineer Combat Group (Regiment) in England. He was ordered to Normandy 9 days after invasion but due to bad weather arrived 22 days later. He was transferred to 507th Engineer Light Pontoon Co. where they set up boats for river crossings and setting up Bailey Bridges. The markings, pretty much scraped from the shell, seems to signify a forward arrow across two pontoons. The chinstrap has the T-1 locking device.
Submitted by Jim Katzenstein |
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This 2nd Infantry Division helmet was dug up on The Lausdell crossroads, just north of the villages of Krinkelt and Rocherath, Belgium in 1994. It was dug at the entrance of one of the pastures, meaning that the farmer drove over it many times. The Lausdell is where the 9th Infantry Regiment and some soldiers of the 38th Infantry Regiment stopped the 12th SS panzerdivision on December 17th, 1944 and delayed the capture of the twins villages Krinkelt and Rocherath. The name Cortes is scratched in the steel pot and liner. Both parts bear the 2nd Division marking. Joe Cortes was reported POW on December 17, 1944. Submitted by JL Seel - Belgium |
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