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    Posted 4 years ago

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    Willow1
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    moved into a new house and found this in the loft. Anyone tell me any info please along with a few other bits and bobs.

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    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      Pretty beat up but looks like an old civil defense helmet from the cold war era.
    2. Congcu, 4 years ago
      What is the helmet made of, metal., etc.?
    3. Willow1, 4 years ago
      Its not metal
    4. Congcu, 4 years ago
      In that case it will be the helmet liner that went into the metal helmet itself.
    5. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      Yes it is a helmet liner. In rural areas they always used just a liner when marching in a parade or having a drill. I remember as a kid wondering what a bunch if cripple old men were going to do if a war did start. Our school drill was get down and put your head under your desk. Like that will help in the event of a nuclear attack.
    6. Willow1, 4 years ago
      There's also a green one that is metal and a material one too. Im just about to add those ones
    7. Willow1, 4 years ago
      Im really happy ive found them. Thank you for your help. Can you also advice of the other items ive added please
    8. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 4 years ago
      Maybe some hip-peas left it there, in 1967 after one of the protests
      My guess is civil defense also
    9. Willow1, 4 years ago
      What do you mean hip peas.
    10. Vynil33rpm Vynil33rpm, 4 years ago
      I’m sorry I was trying to make a joke and a small observation ,hippies in the 60s used helmets going to the war protests
    11. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      I remember the war protests, after I got home from Vietnam in 69 they decided they wanted to assign me to riot control. It was either riot control or funeral duty. I much preferred riot control.
    12. Willow1, 4 years ago
      Wmy did you much prefer that ????
    13. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 4 years ago
      Well Willow1 after you fight a war and watch friends get killed, the last thing you want to do is come home and bury others. Been over 50 years and to this day I have been to one funeral and don't intend to go to my own.
    14. battlegear battlegear, 3 years ago
      Hello, thats an IRAQI M80 helmet made by South Korea for IRAQ , the red triangle shows it was used by the Elite REPUBLICAN GUARD, these helmets date from the IRAN / IRAQ WAR in the 1980's through The GULF WAR in the 1990's and after

      these were never imported, most likely brought back to the US by a US serviceman

      people often mistake these as some type of helmet liner, but these are actual combat helmets.
    15. battlegear battlegear, 3 years ago
      http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/iraq-m80.html

      https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/30373-iraqi-helmet-from-desert-storm-1991
    16. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 3 years ago
      Thanks for the updated info Battlegear. Learned something new today.

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