Gents; I have been offered a 1942 dated Canadian helmet, and it appears to be repainted the glossier green, and has the wider, greener chinstrap. I assume this is a post war remake for the army, but my questions are; when did they do these refits, and also, is the original paint under the repaint, or was it stripped before repainting? Curious, as i can get it very cheap, so I may play with trying to strip the post ww2 paint.
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Does anyone know anything about these refurbished helmets? I believe the were refurbished during the Korean War era? -
Can you post pics of this helmet? As for trying to strip the post war paint you run a risk of also damaging the underlying paint if in fact it was re-paintedComment
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if its cheap its worth it for the nut and liner, you can always get a nicer shell they are about, the elastic chin strap came out in 41, canadian chin straps are about tooComment
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I've played with stripping the gloss paint from these helmets in the past and all the helmets I worked on did have the original paint underneath the gloss paint. Problem is that the quality of the original paint can vary quite a bit so you never know what you will end up with. Also, stripping the gloss paint can be very tricky and the results are unpredictable. Not to mention that the gloss paint was officially applied and is a legitimate part of the history of the helmet.Comment
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