Identifying and Dating US M1 Helmets and Liners 

Some corrections/extra info: - Dana/Parish and R.J. Stampings helmets have similar heat stamps with smaller font numbers going up to 4 digits. - WW2 rear seam stainless rim helmets can exist just like front seam manganese rim helmets can. This is often attributed to company error. - R.J. Stampings helmets are the only type of helmet to use stainless steel rims after WW2.

Excellent video! Lots of essential information, efficiently presented. Thank you!

Great video.... very informative....I'm from the UK and when I was very little I remember seeing American soldiers on TV and my mum telling me that America had just lost a war and were going home! To me, I couldn't believe John Wayne (who was America to me back then) could ever lose a war.....and my fascinating with that war and all the imagery and iconography, began. There was a shop, called the 'swap shop' which had bits of militaria that went as far back as the Hussars (honestly!)..... It had a Vietnam era M1 in the window....but being a little kid I couldn't afford it....and there was no way my hippy mum was gonna buy it for me! Well, sadly, that shop closed back in the 70's and my chance was lost.....until a surplus shop opened in my town and were selling a bunch of them.... I, of course, bought 2 🤭 but gave one away. I always suspected that they might be post Vietnam....and now you've confirmed it for me! Still, I love my M1.... Thanks for the information

Thank you for this video!! I just found out my beat up front seam is schlueter!!!!

Great informational video thanks man!

Finally an informative video I can now figure out who made the helmet that I randomly found In a curiosity shop in Canada you don't normally find Vietnam American helmets here The most confusing part about it is it didn't have any divots in The seam but I did find the serial number thanks

This is the best video on M1s I've seen. I found a korean war m1 with an 80s liner at an antique store and bought it. I cant find a heat stamp but it has the McCord 4 oval marks on the rear seam and has the od green painted buckles, so I know its korean McCord. The type 1 ground forces liner is a bummer, but i can get a period liner for it.

Very informative video! hope to see more, would love to see ww2 german helmets talked about next.

Your R.J stampings helmet will be a 3 number heat stamp with no alphabetical letters following or after the number. Thank you for sharing about the motor wheel helmet. This is my first time hearing or seeing one. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge on M1 helmets as I have just started collecting around 3 months ago. It gets a bit expensive...lol

Heatlot Numbers started at 24 or 25 A,B,C,D

I'm not a rich guy, and I don't care about what the "worth" of something is. I just like to be able to collect some history. For cheap! Good stuff, man.

guess i just picked up a pretty strange helmet shell has front seam and swivel bales but also has an 80s chinstrap pretty poorly put on liners pretty normal since its just a regular vietnam liner

2 preguntas; porque la costura era frontal y luego trasera? y porque eran de acero no magnético?

Went to a yard sale and bought an m1 with swivle bails. Curious witch era it was from. It is colored olive drab number three with the seam in the rear. The brim is not stainless, it is pitted and rusted.

Real nice video. Going to dig out my old helmets and check them out.🪖🪖