Pretty amazing collection! I recently met WW2 82nd airborne vet George Cross. Had a whiskey with him, he signed a pack of lucky strikes for me! What a hero. After the war he was a smokejumper for 20 years.
As I watched Mr. Morans little segment, over and over, my goosebumps kept getting bigger and bigger. Those helmets are so incredible! God bless all of our hero veterans. 💯❤️🇺🇸
small bit of advice with the paraliner, id carefully undo the sweatband from the neckband. because as it ages the sweatband will shrink, putting undo amount of pressure on the neckband and headband, and they can easily tear. cant count the number of these that ive seen that are torn because of this.
I think helmets are some of my fav artifacts. I like to think of what the soldier used it for, be it a pillow, a seat, a vessel for water or a canvas to show their feelings and pride and also how it traveled thru the hell of war with the hero. Fascinating!!
I have my grandfather’s helmet. He fought in Tobruk and El Alamein. He scratched the battles on the sand that they glued onto their helmets for camouflage.
Love this man I have a decent collection started with ss insignias uniform removed and non used and 101st airborne items some relics from Erik dorr as well like d day relics. Due to cost of items I’ve had to slow my collecting down because food on the table is most important but I’m glad I can see these item I love through your channel please keep them comming hopefully one of these days I can come visit the museum and battlefield with my family!
Seeing these special items bring history alive for that time period. I often wonder just how people were able to carry on after so many atrocities they encountered. Thanks for sharing.
Japanese Type 90 in full web lining and cloth helmet cover are the rarest of the Axis. Worn, discarded, or captures the cloth and leather webbing quickly rotted in the jungle moisture and mostly the shells are what are available. The apex of these rare are the full kit IJN shore party landing anchor logo in full kit cover and lining Majority were scrapped after the war for their steel content was highly coveted. Chinese M36 German helmets are rarest of the Allied.
I opened this thinking "I don't care about helmets, but I need something on in the background..." and I was SO interesting!!! I'll listen to Erik describe artifacts any day...😎
Ah helmets! Very interesting and informative. Thank you JD and Eric for showing your items that will be on display. BTW, we know of someone who is in desperate need of a helmet! Won't mention his name...hhhmm...JD...😅😂 Sorry I was late in seeing this episode. RUclips is playing games again and it is, to say the least, annoying and frustrating.
@@TheHistoryUndergroundApparently, someone is doing all that they can to hide historical content. It just doesn't make sense to me and I find it to be tragic. Hopefully JD, you succeed. We enjoy your content and humor.
Nothing to do with this but interesting... My nephew works for a skip company. When a skip is collected its tipped and sorted before landfill or wherever. In the skip from an old man's house clearance was a luftwaffe paratroopers helmet. All pukka. They then looked closer at what they'd already sorted and found a camouflaged jump smock. In the pocket was a german wound badge in silver and a Serbian balkan cross.
Post that "SS" "snow camo" helmet on Wehrmacht Award Forums and see how legit your 5th SS claim is..... We all get bamboozled, but that one is super obvious. Cool stuff otherwise.
What did they use to paint the helmets and where did they get it? Did they paint the camo themselves to go with the season and were they all one size fits all?
A lot of this was done during their occupation duties immediately following the end of the war in which case, they had a lot of time to sit around painting gear.
I was I Gettysburg early this month, one of the stops maybe THE stop was the museum, I was so disappointed it was closed, yes I should have checked the internet but wow I was so bummed. I’m from northern Illinois so won’t be going back there. Also on a sad note it’s so woke and full of LBJSAWYTE people that really turned me off!!
“If you don’t like helmets, I honestly think there is something wrong with you”… I couldn’t agree more 😂
@@WorldWarWisdom 🤷🏻♂️😅
Pretty amazing collection! I recently met WW2 82nd airborne vet George Cross. Had a whiskey with him, he signed a pack of lucky strikes for me! What a hero. After the war he was a smokejumper for 20 years.
Helmets are definitely one of my favorite WWII collectibles. Always nice to see what Erik has in his collection 👍
They're super fascinating. Especially the ones that tell a story.
As I watched Mr. Morans little segment, over and over, my goosebumps kept getting bigger and bigger. Those helmets are so incredible! God bless all of our hero veterans. 💯❤️🇺🇸
Always enjoy seeing historical items brought to light.
small bit of advice with the paraliner, id carefully undo the sweatband from the neckband. because as it ages the sweatband will shrink, putting undo amount of pressure on the neckband and headband, and they can easily tear. cant count the number of these that ive seen that are torn because of this.
I think helmets are some of my fav artifacts. I like to think of what the soldier used it for, be it a pillow, a seat, a vessel for water or a canvas to show their feelings and pride and also how it traveled thru the hell of war with the hero. Fascinating!!
I have my grandfather’s helmet. He fought in Tobruk and El Alamein. He scratched the battles on the sand that they glued onto their helmets for camouflage.
Wow!!!
Thanks for showing these helmets as being here in new Zealand I haven't seen any up close
Thank you for all your hard work & thanks for showing us, here. Maybe some day I'll get to visit. 😃👍
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Mr. Moran was the signature I have from my pre-order of the Rifle 2! ❤️ I scored Mr. Cottrell's at the Show of Shows. I just love those Rifle boys!
Nice!
Love this man I have a decent collection started with ss insignias uniform removed and non used and 101st airborne items some relics from Erik dorr as well like d day relics. Due to cost of items I’ve had to slow my collecting down because food on the table is most important but I’m glad I can see these item I love through your channel please keep them comming hopefully one of these days I can come visit the museum and battlefield with my family!
Seeing these special items bring history alive for that time period. I often wonder just how people were able to carry on after so many atrocities they encountered. Thanks for sharing.
Always love these "what's new at the museum" videos. Thanks JD and Erik!
Love these American Artifacts episodes! And love all the teasing for the new addition to the museum. Great watch as usual guys!
Thanks for this JD and Erik. Maybe the LT was a mustang, hence the enlisted disc?
Thanks for another great artifacts video, JD and Erik. Amazing helmets.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Awesome collection!!! Ty for sharing... Looking forward to visiting the new museum....
JD, maybe you should get a helmet to wear when you are out and about. Might could save you some lumps.
Ha!
😂😂 We keep telling him that!😂
Great helmet collection brother!
JD, I always look forward to your vids my friend!!!
Can’t wait to go to Gettysburg in October!
Heck of a place.
October is great there. The air is crisp but not to cold. Makes walking around pleasant.
Thanks for the video 😊
Thanks for another great video JD!
Thanks for watching!
Paint looks mighty white on that one helmet to be originally done in 1945. I think the paint was done at a later date . I'm guessing early 80s.
I was thinking the same thing on both of them. All looks too neatly done. They are nice, but totally look post war done to me.
I think that’s Walt K - Kan. As in Kansas.
I noticed some of the other guys on the helmet signed in the same manner Phila. for example.
Japanese Type 90 in full web lining and cloth helmet cover are the rarest of the Axis. Worn, discarded, or captures the cloth and leather webbing quickly rotted in the jungle moisture and mostly the shells are what are available.
The apex of these rare are the full kit IJN shore party landing anchor logo in full kit cover and lining
Majority were scrapped after the war for their steel content was highly coveted.
Chinese M36 German helmets are rarest of the Allied.
Muy buen vídeo como siempre gracias 🇲🇽👍
I opened this thinking "I don't care about helmets, but I need something on in the background..." and I was SO interesting!!! I'll listen to Erik describe artifacts any day...😎
Really great video- Do we know what happened to the paratrooper named Flores?
Excellent!
That 2nd Ranger Bn helmet! What I wouldn't do for that?! I was in for 5 years.
3:26 it has Kilroy was here 😂. Its missing the big nose caricature 🤥
Thanks for pointing that out. 👍👍
@@PATRIOT-nt5ubabsolutely! The meme of WW2
Thanks! I learn so much from
Your videos. You do an amazing job!
Wow! Thank you!
Ah helmets! Very interesting and informative. Thank you JD and Eric for showing your items that will be on display. BTW, we know of someone who is in desperate need of a helmet! Won't mention his name...hhhmm...JD...😅😂
Sorry I was late in seeing this episode. RUclips is playing games again and it is, to say the least, annoying and frustrating.
Always interested in the new items that Eric has at the museum. Did I miss an episode ? I looked back at the episode list and couldn't find #139......
Episode 139 is currently trapped in RUclips purgatory awaiting it's fate. I went ahead and released this one early until we get that mess figured out.
@@TheHistoryUndergroundApparently, someone is doing all that they can to hide historical content. It just doesn't make sense to me and I find it to be tragic. Hopefully JD, you succeed. We enjoy your content and humor.
Really interesting stuff.
Your videos are awesome. I learn so much every time I watch! Keep it up! I’ll send a special thanks to help the channel.
Nothing to do with this but interesting...
My nephew works for a skip company. When a skip is collected its tipped and sorted before landfill or wherever.
In the skip from an old man's house clearance was a luftwaffe paratroopers helmet. All pukka. They then looked closer at what they'd already sorted and found a camouflaged jump smock. In the pocket was a german wound badge in silver and a Serbian balkan cross.
Your videos are awesome. I learn so much every time I watch! Keep it up! I’ll send a super thanks to help the channel.
Post that "SS" "snow camo" helmet on Wehrmacht Award Forums and see how legit your 5th SS claim is..... We all get bamboozled, but that one is super obvious. Cool stuff otherwise.
I've always wanted to get into collecting helmets or daggers. Always been afraid too getting sucked into buying fakes.
I’m still bumming I couldn’t close the deal on an M40 Luft that had a date and location from Sicily painted on the underside of the skirt.
Can't say anything about excessive helmet collecting, well over 100 m1 variants in my small affair.😅
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When will the new annex open?
What did they use to paint the helmets and where did they get it? Did they paint the camo themselves to go with the season and were they all one size fits all?
I would guess that the helmet from the lieutenant was Walt K from Kansas and not Walt K. Kan.
Very nice
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@@TheHistoryUnderground Goober the Traveling Bear will leave Erik a calendar
great video
Thanks!
In the 101st of the 506 was there a first battalion?
Where can we donate items I have a NAM helmet from 1969 with the 101st airborne patch direct from a vet
You can send an email to info@gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com. Thank you!
The infantry didn’t have time to sit around painting gear.
A lot of this was done during their occupation duties immediately following the end of the war in which case, they had a lot of time to sit around painting gear.
Wow ... I was the 506th LIKE ... coincidence?
I love collecting ww2 helmets ww2 have you been watching RUclips channel walking the ground James Holland and al Murray I like watching that channel
Yep! Really enjoying their work.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I got al Murray new book anthem black Tuesday
No offence, I don’t doubt the decorated helmets aren’t the real deal, but they look exactly like some of the fake helmets being sold on eBay 😅
I was I Gettysburg early this month, one of the stops maybe THE stop was the museum, I was so disappointed it was closed, yes I should have checked the internet but wow I was so bummed. I’m from northern Illinois so won’t be going back there. Also on a sad note it’s so woke and full of LBJSAWYTE people that really turned me off!!
I believe Ken Niewiarowicz has a 506th helmet also