My Top shelf M18

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Well it's my top shelf M18 or the best one I am going to have a hope at ever getting. Please review and give honest opinions good and bad. Except Eric yer not allowed till everyone else has had their say

William

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Moe photos

"Moe", it's not a typo LOL

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Inside shots

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Oh ya I added the liner cord just to give the pads some support so they don't hang down and degrade.

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Sorry Camera could not show the stamp on chin strap. Last photos.

[Hoss]

Except Eric yer not allowed till everyone else has had their say

William

Well honestly!
I,ve never been so insulted. Iam going to run a tell my mam.

Eric

[ww1czechlegion]

A very nice example of a helmet that is still lacking in my collection. Congratulations William, and thanks for sharing pics with us!

All the Best,

Alan Schaefer

[Wilhelm]

That is a nice one, great that it has the chin strap too.
Wilhelm

[Hans K.]

The helmet looks fine at first glance, but I can't get a good impression of the chinstrap from the pictures. Also, do you know if the liner is original to the helmet? It looks like a loose fit in some of the pictures. The chinstrap is rough side out, which is good, but the leather looks very dark, almost black. Has it been heavily oiled at some point? If you could, I'd like to see some clearer pictures of the strap, especially both sides of the rivets on the keeper end.

Let's keep Eric waiting a bit more

[Adler 1]

Sorry William, but imo the chinstrap is a reproduction as Hans already doubted... The color is dark indeed, but the red lights are that it's to thick and has wrong stitching. Also the metal parts look as they were never zinc coated...
The shell looks fine, but better pics are nessecary to determine if the liner is original to the shell...
Here you have a few old (a bit crappy) pics of an original for comparison...
Hope this can help you out...

Adler

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Keep the comments coming. I got some better photos.

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More inside photos...

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[C. Roelens]

William,

Is this another test? I'm with Hans and Adler on this one.

Chuck