ORIG. BELGIAN VIETNAM WAR REAR SEAM SWIVEL LOOP HELMET & ABL BELGIAN 1953 LINER!

Description

ORIGINAL
VIETNAM WAR ERA
BELGIAN
(U.S. TYPE CLONE) M-1 REAR SEAM, SWIVEL LOOP HELMET HAS BEEN REPAINTED IN THE U.S. FLAT OLIVE DRAB
(OD #319) PAINT FINISH. THE
ORIGINAL
POST WWII - VIETNAM WAR (1975) M-1
(
U.S. TYPE CLONE
)
BELGIAN
HELMET REQUIRED MINOR RESTORATION WORK, INCLUDING REPAINTING OF
THE EXTERIOR OF
THE STEEL HELMET; THE
ORIGINAL
BELGIAN VIETNAM WAR ERA INFANTRY HELMET CHIN STRAPS WERE LEFT INTACT.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS
BELGIAN
HELMET (MARKED U-SCH 75/1) HAS BEEN PAIRED WITH AN
ORIGINAL
BELGIAN
POST WWII (1953)
LINER
(
WITH THE EYELIT
)
AND AN
ORIGINAL
POST VIETNAM WAR (1979) ERDL HELMET COVER & SEVERAL ACCESSORY ITEMS (INCLUDING AN
ORIGINAL
"LUCY'S TIGER DEN" STICKER [1985], A
REPRODUCTION
U.S. VIETNAM WAR 101st AIRBORNE 'DEATH CARD',
A PLASTIC ROSARY - CURRENT PRODUCTION AND SIX [6]
"DUMMY"
5.56mm ROUNDS) HAVE BEEN ADDED
TO CREATE A
RE-ENACTOR GRADE, A DISPLAY HELMET OR POSSIBLY AS A "MUTT" 151 VEHICLE HELMET OPTION INSTEAD OF A MORE EXPENSIVE ORIGINAL U.S. VIETNAM WAR M-1 HELMET
.
THIS
ORIGINAL
*
BELGIAN
(HIGH PRESSURE) LINER IS MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS U.S. WWII & KOREAN WAR LINERS, AND IS COMPLETE WITH AN
ORIGINAL
BELGIAN
SUSPENSION SYSTEM (WEBBING), A
BELGIAN
NAPE STRAP;
AN ORIGINAL POST VIETNAM WAR (1985) (NEW CONDITION) LINER SWEATBAND HAS BEEN ADDED.
AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS, PRIOR TO PLACEMENT IN THE M-1 HELMET, THE LINER WAS CLEANED, SANDED & COMPLETELY REFINISHED IN SEVERAL COATS OF
THE CORRECT OD #319 PAINT COLOR.
NOTE: WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BELGIAN MARKING
(WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE LAST PHOTO)
IN THE CROWN, THE LINER APPEARS
NEARLY
IDENTICAL TO THE TYPICAL WWII U.S. M-1 INFANTRY LINER;
THIS TYPE OF LINER ALSO SAW SERVICE DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
PLEASE REVIEW ALL PHOTOS & DESCRIPTIONS, AND EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO
PLACING A BID
!
NOTE: IN OUR WWII & VIETNAM WAR HELMET RESTORATIONS, WE
DO NOT CONSTRUCT OUR HELMETS USING FOREIGN PARTS
, HOWEVER IN THIS CASE THIS BELGIUM ARMY LINER OFFERS A
RE-ENACTOR OR AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING A VIETNAM WAR DISPLAY HELMET TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A LOWER COST HELMET
(
WITHOUT THE USE OF A REPRODUCTION LINER OR HELMET
).
THIS PARTICULAR MIX OF AN
ORIGINAL
BELGIAN
M-1 HELMET AND LINER, AND AN
ORIGINAL
POST
VIETNAM WAR U.S. ERDL HELMET COVER (1979)
,
COUPLED WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL ACCENT ITEMS
CREATES AN EXCELLENT LOWER COST OPTION FOR EITHER REENACTOR EVENT USE AS A FUNCTIONAL M-1 HELMET OR FOR ANY
LATE VIETNAM WAR DISPLAY
!
FOR EVENT USE OR DISPLAY, WHILE STILL
PRESENTING AN EXCELLENT
IMPRESSION OF A LATE VIETNAM WAR "GRUNT"... U.S. ARMY SOLDIER
!
*
BELGIUM ARMY (ABL) HELMET LINER:
This Liner has the mark ABL in the crown which is short for "Armand Belgique" and "Belgisch Leger", meaning Belgian army in French and Dutch. It is a Belgium made liner dated 1953 (the liner is nearly identical to a U.S. WWII or Post WWII liner with the front eyelet). This liner is a copy (CLONE) of the U.S. M-1 liner and was the type used by Belgium troops during the
Korean War era (1951 - 1953) and also during the Vietnam War Era
.
HISTORICAL NOTE
:
U.S. ERDL (ENGINEER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES)
HELMET COVER
The cotton duck
ERDL
camouflage
helmet
cover, which is not a reversible type helmet cover, was adopted in 1969 by both the U.S. Army & U.S. Marines, and replaced the
reversible
Mitchell Helmet Pattern
version. Although both the
FIRST ERDL
pattern and a follow-up
ERDL
'Brown' pattern were
adopted in 1969 and standardized in
December 1971, neither of
these
ERDL
helmet cover patterns,
saw more than limited use in Vietnam prior to 1975; although some Marines wore the
ERDL
helmet covers when they returned to protect the U.S Embassy in Saigon in 1975. However in 1975 the
ERDL
helmet cover was manufactured again and issued in large quantities together with the older Mitchell pattern during the rescue of the USS Mayaguez in Camboya. In addition, the ERDL camouflage and its Vietnamese variants were certainly and eventually used as helmet covers by the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) troops.
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EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING
!
THIS
ORIGINAL
POST WWII (1975)
BELGIAN ARMY
M-1 HELMET WITH STAINLESS STEEL RIM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
REPAINTED IN THE CORRECT WWII U.S. TYPE OLIVE DRAB #319 COLOR
AND AN
ORIGINAL
POST VIETNAM WAR
U.S. M-1 ERDL HELMET COVER HAS BEEN ADDED TO
REPRESENT
A U.S. TYPE M-1 HELMET.
IN ADDITION, THIS HELMET HAS BEEN PAIRED WITH AN
ORIGINAL
POST WWII (KOREAN WAR - 1953)
BELGIUM ARMY
LINER
.
THIS
ORIGINAL POST
WWII
BELGIUM ARMY
LINER
IS COMPLETE WITH
ORIGINAL
WEBBING & NAPE STRAP AND A
REPRODUCTION
(ATF)
LEATHER
LINER
SWEATBAND
.
*PLEASE REVIEW THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS POST WWII (KOREAN WAR, 1953)
BELGIUM ARMY
LINER.
PLEASE NOTE THIS
ORIGINAL
BELGIUM
M-1 HELMET, WITH STAINLESS STELL RIM, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
REPAINTED
TO PRODUCE A
RESTORED
VIETNAM WAR
U.S. M-1 HELMET - CLONE
,
PAINTED IN THE CORRECT WWII & EARLY VIETNAM WAR OD #319 OLIVE DRAB SHADE OF PAINT
. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED THE
ORIGINAL
U.S.
ERDL HELMET COVER
(DATED 1979) AND ADDITIONAL ACCESSORY ITEMS!
NOTE:
PLEASE CONSIDER THIS COMBINATION OF ORIGINAL BELGIAN HELMET & LINER WITH A FEW ACCENT ITEMS AND AN ORIGINAL ERDL HELMET COVER (1979) PRIOR TO PLACING A BID
!
PLEASE NOTE:
BELGIAN ARMY Liner Information
:
The Liner is an
Original and Not a Plastic Reproduction
with dark green (Late WWII & Korean War type) suspension and nape strap;
The sweatband is an ATF (At The Front) WWII
Reproduction
Essentially, this
BELGIAN ARMY
M-1 Type Clone Liner looks identical to the Original WWII U.S.
M-1 helmet liners - however it is clearly marked,
which makes this a much
more affordable Vietnam War Helmet & Liner Combination
!
PLEASE REVIEW THE PRICING DETAILS LISTED BELOW OF ALL INCLUDED
REPRODUCTION & ORIGINAL ITEMS
ORIGINAL
!
VIETNAM WAR (1979)
U.S. ERDL HELMET COVER
(.00 - .00)
ORIGINAL
!
VIETNAM WAR ERA
U.S. M151 A1/A2 "MUTT" HELMET, BAND REPLACEMENT -
TIRE INNER TUBE PIECE
(.00)
HISTORICAL NOTE CONTINUED
:
THE U.S. M-1 HELMET (1941-1945)
Under the direction of Major Harold G. Sydenham of the U.S. Army Infantry Board, the original prototype of the M-1 Helmet was configured by artisans from the Arms and Armor Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Sometime in 1940, the next phase of the helmet development; the liner was undertaken with assistance from Riddell, the manufacturer of sporting goods and football helmet developer.
By the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941, t
he M-1 helmet was well under production. The first production batch started on June 26th and resulted in over 323,510 M-1 helmets being manufactured before the war had even began. The Ordinance Department selected McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company of Detroit Michigan and later also awarded a contract to Schlueter Manufacturing of St. Louis, Missouri
to produce the steel helmet bodies. These metal bodies were made from a single piece of Hadfield Manganese steel that was produced by the Carnegie-Illinois & Sharon Steel Corporation. Each completed raw steel M-1 helmet shell weighed 2.25 lbs. each. By 1945 and the end of hostilities in World War II, over 22,000,000 M-1 helmets were produced.
HISTORICAL REFLECTION
:
THE VIETNAM WAR
(EXERPT FROM KEN BURNS "THE VIETNAM WAR"
)
America's involvement in Vietnam began in secrecy. It ended, 30 years later in failure, witnessed by the entire world. It was begun in good faith by decent people out of fateful misunderstandings, American overconfidence, and Cold War miscalculation. And it was prolonged because it seemed easier to muddle through than admit that it had been caused by tragic decisions, made by five American presidents, belonging to both political parties. Before the war was over, more than 58,000 Americans would be dead and at least 250,000 South Vietnamese troops died in the conflict, as well. So did over one million North Vietnamese soldiers and Vietcong guerrillas. Two million civilians, north and south, are thought to have perished, as well as tens of thousands more in the neighboring states of Laos and Cambodia. For many Vietnamese, it was a brutal civil war, for others, the bloody climatic chapter in a century-old struggle for independence. For those Americans who fought in it, and for those who fought against it back home, as well as those who merely glimpsed it on the nightly news, the Vietnam War was a decade of agony, the most divisive period since the American Civil War. The Vietnam War seemed to call everything into question, the value of honor and gallantry, the qualities of cruelty and mercy, the candor of the American government, and what it means to be a patriot. And those who lived through it have never been able to erase its memory, have never stopped arguing about what really happened, why everything went so badly wrong, who was to blame, and whether it was all worth it.
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Note: Although we have never been to either South or North Vietnam, nor any of the cities or battle sites of the Vietnam War, we have visited the stunning U.S.M.C. National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA which is near the Marine Corps base in Quantico, VA and of course the stunning Vietnam Wall in Washington D.C. In addition, we have also toured All Five of the Landing Beaches along the Cotentin P
eninsula
and many of the historical locations, and museums in an around Normandy. As recently as October 2019, we also visited the Bastogne area, including the Baugnez '44 Museum, the site of the Malmedy Massacre, The 101st Airborne Museum in Bastogne, The Bastogne War Museum, the still existing foxholes of the 502nd and 506th P.I.R. and the pastoral surrounding area in Belgium... these areas we have also toured on several occasions. We have found both the French and the Belgian people, especially in the towns in Normandy and area near Bastogne, to be very friendly and still grateful to the Allies, especially the American forces, for their liberation, despite the huge loss of life and property to the French and Belgian civilians. In addition, should you want to visit the area in and around Normandy or Bastogne, we would be willing to share our experiences or trip itinerary with you, which may help to make your travel through the area easier and perhaps make the historical experience more valuable.
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