Beginners Guide to the US M1 Helmet - WW2 & USMC Camouflage Cover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- This is my WW2 US M1 Helmet with an original USMC Camouflage Cover, I wanted to make a beginners video just like my first video to help people who are just starting out learning about US M1 helmets, or even experienced collectors who just like to watch videos on Helmets.
I will put below helpful and useful websites that have lots of useful information on everything I have covered in this video and where I researched from.
0:00 Intro
0:41 USMC Cover
9:42 Leather Chinstrap
15:20 Helmet Chinstrap, Buckle & J Hook
21:12 US M1 Helmet Liner
29:24 US M1 Helmet Shell
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I love the “wine leaf/ Mitchell camo” cover from Vietnam
Yes so do I, check out my video dedicated to the Mitchell Cover showing both sides to the pattern!
Fantastic video for the new M1 collector 😊I’ve just purchased my first M1 ww2 Helmet with Marine cover & the informative video is a great help thank you, Murray from down under 🇦🇺👍
Really glad you thought it was helpful Murray, check out my Instagram to see my collection and you can message if you need any help!
My father was in the Vietnam War and he knew of my interest in uniforms and headwear so he brought me a complete M1 helmet with cover, camouflaged boonie hat, and a brand new set of tiger stripe uniforms.
I had only the Korean War vintage camo cover for the longest time and only in 2024 I managed to pick up one from WWII.
Nice presentation covering the basic understandings of collecting the M1 Helmet.
Thank you very much
awesome! great video! great info. love the helmets!
Thank you very much, I’m really glad you love my helmets!
Great vid, very informative, thanks
Thank you very much Bruce!
Fantastic Video. I really leaned a lot from watching this. Thanks 👍🏻
Glad you liked the video! Thank you!
That Marine corps cover is late 44-45 seen on Iwo Jima, waiting on the blueprints to come out of the woodwork. With regards to patterns there are 5, slits no holes In the dog ears, slits with holes in the dog ears, non slit pattern cover, mosquito net cover (2 variants of this type, khaki and green) then the 1953 blue anchor pattern.
Good vid
Thank you very much, and well I know there are photos that look like the cover was on Iwo Jima but honestly I just mainly see cover the foliage slits like in my video with the brown side out, and yes I forgot to mention the mosquitoe net cover so thank you for that
@@militaryguy1 if you PM me I have several named helmets from the war in the pacific
PM you on which platform?
Thank you very helpful.
Your very welcome! I’m glad that my video has helped!
Really interesting video you should do a collection tour video
Thank you very much, and a collection video will be my next upload, you can check out my Instagram where I have almost all my items on there
Hello! I loved your video and I wanted to know where did you find your helmet cover?
Hello BigPapa, thank you very much, I purchased my helmets from a private collector!
Great info thanks mate
No worries mate thank you for watching!
@@militaryguy1 could u do a video on german ww2 helmets,
My grand uncle was with the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. So he would’ve had one of those covers on Gloucester. I had another grand uncle who was with the 33rd Seabees on Peleliu who also would’ve had the camo cover, except his would’ve been the sand/earth color out
Wow that’s amazing you have so much history in your family, I will do another video in the future of my other cover which is the earlier type with buttonholes, that would of been the type used by your grand uncle I think, or they might of not even used a cover at all as it seemed to be personal choice from historical photo age, thank you very much for sharing that thought John!
@@militaryguy1 for the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, I think they only used no cover. I think some army units and other random units had some helmet nets and burlap sacks for camo.
Yes don’t see any photos of soldiers wearing the USMC covers, not until the next major campaign and battles as the first cover was only contracted in September 1942 on the document, there probably are in the later stages into early 1943
Yeah on Cape Gloucester you see a lot of guys with camo covers
And I said some army units used custom helmet nets, not camo covers. Some marine units used burlap sacks, such as marine raiders
I have a m1 helmet form tarawa and iwo jima with blood
great video thanks for sharing! where can someone find a good reproduction of a USMC ww2 cover?
Thank you very much, I would say eBay might be a good place, if not a militaria website, Facebook groups, anywhere that sells militaria really
Why don’t you oil the leather? I’ve taken dry dry dry leather and made it feel brand new again. Still looks the same as well.
Wouldn’t want to oil it as personally it would ruin the aged look of the chinstrap, it would be like cleaning the helmet shell it seems wrong to take any history away from it
@@militaryguy1 well the only thing worse is having it crack and be lost forever.
@@anglishbookcraft1516 True but I will take good care of the old leather hopefully not needing to oil it
I have a helmet cover with blood beacuse is from tarawa
That’s very nice Damian!
I think mines original cover it has blood on it
Feel free to message me a photo on Instagram for me to see if I think it is original but I doubt it is blood, more likely rust