FJ Helmet With Rivets

[RonR]

Acquired this helmet January 3, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The unique thing about the helmet is that the bolts were replaced with standard helmet rivets during the war.

This would certainly solve the problem of loosened or lost bolts during the conflict.

Wonder how common was this practice?

Profile View:

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Left Side View:

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Right Side View:

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Front View:

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Rear View:

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Top View:

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Closer of Side Rivet:

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Closer of Rear Rivets:

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Inside View (staps in):

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Inside View (straps out);

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Closer of inside of the rivets through the liner holes:

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Another shot of the inside rivet:

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Batch number and shell size stamps:

[Frank Schneider]

Ron,

I see the torture continues..... - Another great lid from a great collection!!! A feast for the eyes.

I've seen one, in the Angolia book I think, with these standard rivets. Should be very uncommon to find one of these.

It's weird to see the straps between the shell and the liner ring - looks like the owner used some force to get it in there.

Kind regards,
Frank.

[Gerd W.]

I see the torture continues..... - Another great lid from a great collection!!! A feast for the eyes.

That******180;s a sort of torture I really like

I saw 3 or 4, all were late war lids...... maybe the firm had some problems to find alu bolts at that time.

Great one Ron!!