opinions on this old salty helmet

[ENGLISH BOB]

Bob old sport, what's with the miserable face today ! ?? your not still sulking over England's dire performance in the World Cup are you ! ??

I am Welch by the way
Martin

Hi Martin,
no I'm not interested in that load of crap I sent the wife off today over that SS helmet but I'm upset about the 2 grand that had to go with her
So your welsh,oh well thats a shame i quite liked you till you told me that
this is for you

now stop spamming my thread

Cheers

Bob

[Totenhead]

Hi Martin,
no I'm not interested in that load of crap I sent the wife off today over that SS helmet but I'm upset about the 2 grand that had to go with her
So your welsh,oh well thats a shame i quite liked you till you told me that
this is for you

now stop spamming my thread

Cheers

Bob

lol, she;s a cutie, come to papa !

Nice items you are picking up like ya know !

[Bill Hermann]

Great old combat lid Bob. Hard to tell from the pics when the white paint was added, looks to have been done many years ago. You would think though if period painted and removed the owner would have finished the job as the remaining white would have stuck out like a sore thumb in spring.
I wouldn't treat the leather personally, although this is always a controversial subject as what's worse for future collectors and historians, a treated liner or no liner in another 50 years?
Regards, Bill

[ENGLISH BOB]

Great old combat lid Bob. Hard to tell from the pics when the white paint was added, looks to have been done many years ago. You would think though if period painted and removed the owner would have finished the job as the remaining white would have stuck out like a sore thumb in spring.
I wouldn't treat the leather personally, although this is always a controversial subject as what's worse for future collectors and historians, a treated liner or no liner in another 50 years?
Regards, Bill

Thanks Bill,
glad you like the lid,yes i can't understand why that bit of paint was left when all the rest was removed,still all the reissue paint is present and that's what matters.
I think with any sort of restoration you need some confidence in your own ability and a common sense approach,if you don't have it then don't touch it!...

Regards

Bob

[bigdavemac]

Hey English Bob, thought you might like to see this. It weighs 1200 lbs empty

BDM

[Totenhead]

IMO, I would treat the leather. Is preservation/conservation a bad thing with these historical items ??? I think its a little naive to think we can keep these things in an " as found " state don't you think ?

[ENGLISH BOB]

Just had a look with a loupe while the sun was shinning ,the decals appear to still be under the paint,definitely an Army helmet ...

[Bill Hermann]

IMO, I would treat the leather. Is preservation/conservation a bad thing with these historical items ??? I think its a little naive to think we can keep these things in an " as found " state don't you think ?

It is a hard one Martin, on one hand I think ' the thing has lasted for 70 years without anything but time changing it's state' but on the other hand all that future collectors will have will be a whole lot of shells with liner bands
Regards, Bill

[ENGLISH BOB]

Just in case you didn't see,this helmet in now for sale on the helmet Estand

thanks for the comments

Cheers
Bob