Post by polarbear on Dec 27, 2014 17:09:54 GMT -8
Hi,
I got a M1916 ET68
The 1916 liner is shot, and it has no chin strap.
My question is the colour it is painted, looking past the standard WD40 coat, it appears to be a Dark olive Brown (When will I be free of that eternal Olive Drab/Brown!). So colour wise for me it appears to be in KuK family vs Willy.
Looking on the web I have found "They were painted OD....Field Grey....Grey...Camouflage (I guess from watching all those DVs and DVIIs flying over head with the krazy lozenge paint/print job
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge_camouflage
images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTcdC1Vp9UPowA8Y8PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&va=lozenge+camouflage&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
So for a 1916 issued helmet what would be the right colour, or do I just get a cover and call it square?
simon
This thing is in a lot better shape then my Afghan pot, and bigger too.
I got a M1916 ET68
The 1916 liner is shot, and it has no chin strap.
My question is the colour it is painted, looking past the standard WD40 coat, it appears to be a Dark olive Brown (When will I be free of that eternal Olive Drab/Brown!). So colour wise for me it appears to be in KuK family vs Willy.
Looking on the web I have found "They were painted OD....Field Grey....Grey...Camouflage (I guess from watching all those DVs and DVIIs flying over head with the krazy lozenge paint/print job
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozenge_camouflage
images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTcdC1Vp9UPowA8Y8PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&va=lozenge+camouflage&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
So for a 1916 issued helmet what would be the right colour, or do I just get a cover and call it square?
simon
This thing is in a lot better shape then my Afghan pot, and bigger too.
