Welcome to the helmet collection: with Mannie Gentile
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2020
- Join me as I go down to the helmet rooms to introduce you to the collection, talk about collecting, and to show you my favorite helmet.
To see more about the specific helmets that I mention follow these links:
The Japanese type 90 that I found on Guam in 1971 can be viewed here:
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To see the secrets revealed by the French engineer's helmet, go here:
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To see the blog go to: combathelmets.blogspot.com. And to see the rest of my videos just google "Mannie Gentile youtube."
Keep tuning, enjoy the hobby and happy collecting. - บันเทิง
I loved the blogspot really neat stuff👍
excellent collection! and that is a wonderful Adrian helmet! props to the French for being the first to issue steel helmets. germans took their time but the Stahlhelm is the best of the bunch. and the british Brodie, I guess is better than a felt cap lol .
The Ford Model 8 Experimental WW1 helmet at 1:52 literally made me drool. Amazing design and one of the rarest helmets out there. Where on earth did you find it, Mannie? Anyway, congrats on your fantastic collection and thank you for the awesome blog. It was a great read.
Interesting video
yes, J had one with its news paper inside for reduce the size.. mine was older 1915/16..
Very much like to know more details about your displaying system for your helmets. Materials and hanging method.
nice story
I have an M17 A1 helmet with a folded Honolulu newspaper from December 1941.
I would love to see mor on your m16 German helmet
Enjoyed the video Mannie as always great information! I try to acquire items that can bring a story to the relic or artifact. I am not just limited to collecting helmets. I acquired letters from a soldier stationed in Germany in 1919. He was writing to a young teen age girl in Easton, Pa, he was from Texas. I found out that during WW1 the Allentown Fairgrounds which still exist today was an army camp during WW1. This explained how they met. From reading his letters, I began to wonder if they ever got married. I was able to locate the woman’s obituary and learned she did not marry the sergeant. I do not know why, but she never married and continued to live in the same house with her twin sister that she lived in during the Great War. She died in that house. It’s great when you can bring the past alive and that’s what that French print did for that helmet. It gave it a story that otherwise May not have been known or discovered if not for that hole in the liner.
TCat. I know exactly what you mean. I read a long series of letters - 45 or so - from a soldier to his wife. The letters spanned about three years of the Civil War. In the earlier letters, he was quite formal, nearly sterile, in his expressions of affection. by the end of the series he was effusive and almost passionate. Early on in the series he mentioned how grateful he was that the neighbor lady was reading his letters to his wife (as she couldn't read). According to the letters, that neighbor was teaching her to read and write. As her skills increased, so too did his expressions of affection. I conjecture, that with the neighbor lady no longer involved in the communication chain, he felt less inhibited to tell his wife how he really felt.
@@manniegentile6099 Hi Mannie great to hear from you. I’m still busy hunting for relics and I found a good one a few months ago. A diary, the original version of Pvt. Ira Ross’ life in the Pa Calvary in 1864. I haven’t as of yet started reading it, but I sure am looking forward to it. Stay well and always enjoy your presentations. 👍
@@manniegentile6099 I recently bought a brodie style helmet and I have a question regarding it. Do you have an email I can send some photos and maybe you could help me identify it?
Very nice collection.
On the great war French helmet read the women in the factory making the helmets would stick letters in their a little moral always helps
Thank you so very much for your videos. I am 71 and just recently began collecting in a serious manner. Yes, I wish I had started back in the 1970's when things were way cheaper. I check out all the local Army/Navy stores for the real things but for the no doubt authentic items, I will go to my old high school buddy who owns a military collectables shop in St. Augustine, Fl.
Just for information, I recently purchased an M17 US helmet that had the dog tags of the soldier it was assigned to attached to it on a shoe string. The helmet was apparently made in 1918 and assigned to the soldier in 1919 when he enlisted.
I researched the man and found out much about him, his parents and siblings using Ancestry.com(I am a member). He was born, lived, died and is buried just 50 miles north of my area here in central Florida. I even tried to locate any living relatives to see if any of them had an interest in this helmet, but alas all have passed. Thank you again, sir.
My dad has a French First World War Adrian helmet with the original color and the inscription FFI (French Forces of the Interior).
The inscription FFI was completed only during the Second World War.
great story that adds a lot to the interest level of a piece. Thanks for sharing.
Great collection
Nice video , enjoyable presentation !
great collection. your the bob ros of helments
Nice job. And you have a lot more control than I do with that space-imposed limit. I see the logic.
Love this :)
Thanks Steve.
ive got a LW m40 with newspaper between the liner bands. never tried to remove it as its too fragile.
have you ever thought of suspending helmets from the ceiling with a J shaped bracket?
Mannie, did the Germans have a Dispatch rider's helmet during WWII ?
Great story that must be an age thing I remember my Mother putting paper in our caps when we were kids, like the ill fitting trousers we had it always came with the words( you will grow into it stop moaning ) ah great days
Impressive collection! What is the helmet at 1:52 with the eye slits? Looks like something medieval. My guess is WW1 era Italian Arditi?
The US No.8 Experimental. I believe made by Ford, and to a run of 200 pieces.
How are your display stands on wall made? I have around 30, sadly had to part with 15 WW1 US, a Japanese , a German pickle few years ago, makes me sad! Thank you
Sir, I have one helmet #4063
Hi Mannie I have a question about a helmet I have. Do u have an email so I can get in touch with you?
You can reach me at museumofamerica@myactv.net. I look forward to hearing from you.