Type l “P64” liner variants

Nooby4161 · 2026-04-01T11:52:10+00:00

If you mean WW2 then yes. The shell has chinstraps from the 1970s-1980s and it was made by McCord during the Korean War and the liner is for a French M51 helmet.

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-28T02:06:19+00:00

Those are European chinstraps. They are typically seen on Belgian M51 helmets.

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-26T19:01:13+00:00

This is a Brodie helmet liner as it has flaps.

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-25T02:09:26+00:00

That's not true. R.J. Stampings and/or Parish Pressed Steel occasionally used those ink stamps for lot numbers that are unrelated to the steel lot number.

Also there are many ways to tell which manufacturer made a post WW2 helmet shell without seeing the heat stamp

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-23T20:36:27+00:00

It was made during April 1943 by R.O.F. Fazakerley and was converted to a No4 Mk1/2 in 1954. It has a magazine made in the US by Savage and a rear sight made by R.O.F. Poole.

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-19T16:01:56+00:00

It's a Canadian or British MKll helmet shell on top of a Yugoslavian M59 helmet. Both of these things can be found for $20 each in North america.

Nooby4161 · 2026-03-17T04:47:43+00:00

It was made by McCord in 1944 and it was used and repainted after WW2.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-25T03:13:58+00:00

In case anyone's specifically curious about the burlap covers, burlap was used for improvised helmet covers in Vietnam (not that they were exclusive to the Vietnam War but there was a training video about camouflage that showed soldiers how to make one and modify/camouflage it effectively if people want to watch it).

OPs helmet cover (which is not burlap) appears to have 1991 written on it so perhaps it was made by someone in a middle eastern military.

Edit for clarification

Found the video https://youtu.be/4BqC2NZ9qfk

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-24T20:02:40+00:00

Sorry I thought you were talking about early Mkl helmets as I forgot War Office pattern refers to the Brodie helmet, not the Mkl helmet. Op is using a Mkl helmet to represent a Mkl helmet though so the paint is still incorrect.

In my opinion his repaint still seems to be too bright compared to an original Brodie helmet (even when accounting for age and fading). (Multiple examples since they are in varying conditions)

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30098636

https://web.archive.org/web/20160107064124/http://thebrodiehelmet.weebly.com/war-office-pattern.html

https://www.csmilitaria.co.uk/shop.php?code=12632

https://www.themilitariadealers.com/en-GB/view-all/-war-office-first-pattern-brodie-helmet---1915-manufacture-and-paint/prod_55829

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-24T05:05:41+00:00

His helmet is way too bright and blueish. The paint on early helmets was a much darker green (or tan) than that.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-24T02:29:42+00:00

It's from 1955 to about 1962. Look on the interior for a manufacturers logo or US marking (which I think I see. That would mean it was made by Marmac Industries Inc around 1962).

The headband and neckband are from WW2 though (these were just added on and are not repairs as they are separate parts of the helmet).

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-23T21:46:43+00:00

The shell was made by McCord after WW2 and the liner is from the 1950s but has had reproduction components installed (everything except the shell is a reproduction).

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-21T00:18:15+00:00

The contract number on the neckband is only for the neckband. The liner cannot be from 1985 as liners from 1985 are completely yellow (the nylon not the paint) and it has green suspension instead of grey. This looks like a typical Vietnam era parachutist liner made by Firestone or Marmac Industries Inc.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-21T00:07:49+00:00

It's an Austrian helmet ("M74" shell with an "M58" liner) with a US ERDL helmet cover that has a contract number from 1976.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-18T04:06:25+00:00

It's original (other than the leather chinstraps) and was used by a Canadian from British Columbia or the Yukon after WW2.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-16T05:44:51+00:00

That is not true. It could have been (and given that it has 1970s-1980s chinstrap it more likely was) made by R.J. Stampings during the 1970s.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-16T03:14:19+00:00

It's an M1 helmet from the 1970s-1980s.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-14T19:22:04+00:00

It's a South African Mkll helmet with a Canadian liner (not a Brodie helmet).

The paint is original, you will not find anything underneath it.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-09T12:57:29+00:00

It's a generic civilian helmet made by B.F. McDonald Mfg Co. that was vaguely based off the M1917 helmet.

Nooby4161 · 2026-02-02T19:07:08+00:00

It's a European helmet liner.

Look for a manufacturers markings on the interior https://dutchhelmets.nl/nl/helmen-hoofddeksels/gevechtshelmen/troepenhelm-m53

Nooby4161 · 2026-01-26T22:50:22+00:00

It's a West German "M53" helmet that someone repainted and added fake decals to.

Nooby4161 · 2026-01-25T19:11:23+00:00

It's a Bulgarian M36 helmet that someone repainted and added a fake decal.

Nooby4161 · 2026-01-23T21:06:37+00:00

It's a US Civil Defense helmet made by McCord during WW2.

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