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A Fresh Coat For A Fresh Start!

A Fresh Coat For A Fresh Start! After a good cleaning, M-1 helmets of WWII were sent through an automated painting booth where they were painted inside and out with a flat Olive Drab Green.

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The Danish M-48 Helmet Net with Band “Clone”

The Danish M-48 Helmet Net with Band “Clone” The Danish M-48 helmet is known as a “clone” to collectors as it is not of U.S. manufacture and only resembles the U.S. made M-1 however; the M-48 helmet was often used with a cotton helmet net that is almost identical in appearance to the M-1944 (Net, Helmet, with Band).

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