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Pub Talk Get The Dang Helmet Right! When it comes to WWII war films you need to “buy the story, not the helmet.

Officer’s Liner Join me for another round of “collector jargon” where we discuss what an Officer’s Liner is and how it got its name?

Pub Talk - “Put-Together – Real or Fake? Part II” Helmets in your collection can be whatever you choose to believe them to be as long as you understand and accept that if you ever sell them, other collectors will determine what value they place on your helmets by the way they speak to them and that these two views will not match up.

Pub Talk - “Authenticity – Real or Fake? Part I” Profits drive collecting and collecting that turns a profit attracts forgers.

Pub Talk - “Provenance” Helmets are often collected separately from the duffle full of gear or the footlocker full of photographs and mementos which, by any standard of documented provenance, removes the helmet’s context. Collectors constantly advise each other to buy the helmet not the story however, provenance that is not documented and validated is just a story and that is what M-1 collectors normally end up buying.