Im going to be selling my M1 helmet shell in a few weeks time. I have a nice M1C to replace it, but its currently away getting painted and weathered by fallschimjager.biz
Has it got a liner?
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My M1 helmet is actually an M48 Danish (1963 dated) one I got at Beltring in 2006 for a fiver... 
I bought a few bits from SoF and made it a bit more WWII.
The liner still looks totally wrong though!
yith, get one of the afore mentioned SOF danish /dutch liners, they are fibre not plastic . only real difference from a yank one is the colour, i will bring mine to the training day for you to have a look at.
Has it got a liner?
Nope im keeping it for the new shell, until i can get one from J murray.
Trying to sort out a basic uniform for my bro for May. Got most of the stuff just need to find a helmet and borrow a pair of size 10 jump boots...
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
How much you looking for the lid?, dude
yith, get one of the afore mentioned SOF danish /dutch liners, they are fibre not plastic . only real difference from a yank one is the colour, i will bring mine to the training day for you to have a look at.
Well I'll probably see one at Stoneleigh this Sunday...
I considered getting one, but thought I'd leave it.
So far this lid has cost a massive £25... all in
yith, get one of the afore mentioned SOF danish /dutch liners, they are fibre not plastic . only real difference from a yank one is the colour, i will bring mine to the training day for you to have a look at.
They are pretty good but(on mine anyway)isnt the nape(neck strap)sewn on instead of held in place with press studs and also lacks the small studs to hold the leather liner chinstraps??
The BEST liners if you can still find them are the post war BELGIAN ones which are 99.9% the same as WW2 ones and require no modification at all other than removing the Belgian decal that is usualy on one side.
Early Nam liners are almost the same as WW2 and Korean liners-same strap configuration,made of brown colour fibre but the webbing material is of cotton web and not HBT like WW2 and Korean liners-also they dont have the small grommet hole at the front to hold the rank badge.
The later Vietnam era liners are cosmeticaly nothing at all like WW2 ones-some are made of the brown fibre material but most are made of a thicker orangy or green colour with a different configuration to the WW2 type and have a 3 point adjustable nape/neck strap.
Not sure what my helmet is, I picked up cheap at the war an peace show with some boots that look just like the US ones from some foreign blokes so im guessing its Dutch.
This is what it used to look like.
And after I did some work to make it look a bit more realistic from a distance, I plan to stick a helmet net on their so It looks a bit better, but im not realy bothered about the straps as US isnt my main focus atm eventualy il just replace the helmet all together but atm I think it does the job ok.
Another image of the back to add to the Shape debate, I think its slighley more curved at the bottom than US helmets and also the sides of the helmet are a bit shallower with less of a lip on the sides.
Looking at the chinstrap i would say the shell on yours is probably Austrain or Danish.
taffpara, mine has the studs for the leather strap. not sure about the nape strap..... would have to go all the way up into the loft to check, and i am wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too lazy to do that . 
At the end of the day it doesnt realy matter what you wear i guess be it genuine WW2 or Nam or Nato as its basicaly an M1 and thats all that matters 
The only helmet i would suggest people stay away from are the West German type which sort of resemble an M1 but are smaller and quite different
Taffpara - Troof.
Regarding the earlier statement about green liner. Not true. The high pressured liners (which look wooden) were used across all eras from WW2 to Nam, with the webbing changing over time.
taffpara, mine has the studs for the leather strap. not sure about the nape strap..... would have to go all the way up into the loft to check, and i am wwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyy too lazy to do that .
the nape strap is on press studs .
Taffpara - Troof.
Regarding the earlier statement about green liner. Not true. The high pressured liners (which look wooden) were used across all eras from WW2 to Nam, with the webbing changing over time.
Any pics of these as not sure what type they are?
This might help a few people
Found this on ebay, going cheap atm (£8 at time of posting this). Its the Historie and Collections WW2 D DAY PARATROOPERS THE AMERICANS. Its a pretty sort after book for us paratroopers. Im not bidding as i already have a copy.
How easy do you think a pair of original US gaitors in size 5R are to come by? I have 19 inch calves lol
Taffpara - Troof.
Regarding the earlier statement about green liner. Not true. The high pressured liners (which look wooden) were used across all eras from WW2 to Nam, with the webbing changing over time.
Any pics of these as not sure what type they are?
High pressure liners:
http://www.m-1helmet.com/Home.html
Taffpara - Troof.
Regarding the earlier statement about green liner. Not true. The high pressured liners (which look wooden) were used across all eras from WW2 to Nam, with the webbing changing over time.
Any pics of these as not sure what type they are?
High pressure liners:
http://www.m-1helmet.com/Home.html
HS yep thats the WW2 liner but still not sure what you meant about-
Regarding the earlier statement about green liner. Not true. The high pressured liners (which look wooden) were used across all eras from WW2 to Nam, with the webbing changing over time.
Not having a go or starting any argument just a little confused 
Thanks
Ah! Sorry. I wasn't being clear.
I was referring to :
Dev, I am going to venture that yours in a 'Nam era one. Simply because the fiber of the liner doesnt look like the wartime/Korea wood-ish color and is green. I think that postwar/Korean helmets have the brown liner but green webbing whereas Vietnam era helmets have both the liner and the webbing green.
Vietnam helmets also had the high pressure 'wood-ish' liner. They weren't all green plastic, as some are.
