Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I bought this as Austrian... silly me It may have originally beenAustrian, but it was obviously worm later as well.Just the rests of the paint left, the rivets have been replaced, a washer, then an aluminum rivet squashed on both sides instead of a splint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 The top with the stamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 I assume the liner is a replacement, but period and used, not some collector thing.Could it be afghan?There are no holes on the side, but a tiny one up on the front in the middle, I assume for the pin of a badge of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 In the last pic you can see the beaten flat aluminum rivet on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Murphy Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Chris, Probably Bulgarian used from WW1 into the 30's.Dan Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) I assume the liner is a replacement, but period and used, not some collector thing.Could it be afghan?There are no holes on the side, but a tiny one up on the front in the middle, I assume for the pin of a badge of some sort.Hallo Chris Any chance of seeing a picture of the hole in the front of the helmet, from what I recall Afgan ones had an insignia on the sides not the front.Kevin in Deva Edited June 22, 2006 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimeH Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I bought one like that about 20 years ago from Military History magazine, they advertised it as being found in a Spanish warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodor Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I bought one like that about 20 years ago from Military History magazine, they advertised it as being found in a Spanish warehouse.Such rivets are unlikely Bulgarian, probably other reissue /Spanish, as was said/. The Bulgarian reissues have domed rivets, seen on Bulgarian M36 and Czech helmets or steel non-removable rivets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 When would the Sapnish have used these? Civil war period?Did the spanish ever have a badge on the front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 When would the Sapnish have used these? Civil war period?Did the spanish ever have a badge on the front?Hallo Chris, I found this link to Spanish helmet website, might be worth contating the owner maybe he can i.d. your lid IF it is in fact of Spanish origin.http://www.gostak.demon.co.uk/helmets/spain.htmHe makes this reference with regards a TRUBIA Spanish helmet: "Original issues would NOT have had the clasp for a national insignia welded to the front; that was added at the end of the Civil War after the victory of the fascist Franco.Just luv the quote from his site: " SPAIN MODELO Z liner.Most definitely not a German wartime M42 when it has the later, web-cradle liner fitted in 1979, making it actually an M42-79.Anyone selling these as genuine German M42s on ebay or elsewhere should be prosecuted for deception and fraud. Or stoned in the streets, which ever is the more satisfying." Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I have an Irish Vickers lid with similar looking rivets or pins (I'm not suggesting that the helmet portrayed is Irish).One or two holes at the front? I have a relic lid picked up in Bosnia, it has two small holes & it has been suggested that it is a Serb helmet minus it's attached double headed eagle front badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Chris, here are some "grainy" pictures from a recent German ebay auction of an Irish Vickers helmet similar to the M16.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...p;rd=1&rd=1The quality of the Vickers helmets steel for the Irish helmet was poor, and do not compare to the German M16 types.Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 OIt's been painted white for WWII civil defence use - the pwhite paint on mine just flakes off if you look at it, so it's easy to recover the original army green finish if you want to without stripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 if you want to without stripper.My lifes philosophy is... there is nothing in life that is more fun doing without a stripper... than with a stripper.Uhum... can we now see a photo of the good lady in question..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 (edited) My lifes philosophy is... there is nothing in life that is more fun doing without a stripper... than with a stripper.Uhum... can we now see a photo of the good lady in question.....I knew what would happen when I typed "stripper" but I went ahead & did it.She's good at stripping - as in paint & wallpaper when we decorate - officer Zamo of the yard: Edited February 24, 2007 by leigh kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 So... which one should we circle? and why would a woman have that written on her chest? should we show a preference, or is each boob equal in the eyes of god?Man... this thread is taking a philosophical turn !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Sounds like a game of noughts & crosses.She's hacked off at the moment 'cos somebody sent her a phone text yesterday - "Don't worry, you're safe - Bernard Matthews is only killing young birds with firm breasts" (for those not fortunate enough to lve in a land where dead turkeys drop from the sky, or would if they could fly that high, this is a reference to the current avian flu turkey cull beng carried out in Britain. Poor little buggeres must think christmas has come early).Off thread a little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 Off thread a little?Nah... boobs are always a good break from any militaria conversation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Perhaps there's a little subliminal suggestion here - looking at those rivets on the Irish lid..........do they suggest nipples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 To get this back in track after all this time...What would a decent Irish helmet cost with original paint?ThanksChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 To get this back in track after all this time...What would a decent Irish helmet cost with original paint?ThanksChrisI would say in my honest opinion 500 - 700 Euro,Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yep, gone are the days of grinding off the badge fittings on cheap old undesirable Vickers helmets, repainting them & selling them as German lids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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