M1 Paratrooper helmet with Marmac 1962 liner
Hi guys sorry I haven’t been around for a few months have had family problems to deal with and all sorted now. I can get back to my passion of helmet collecting and displaying for the great collectors here on warrelics cool militaria
I have recently managed to pick up a hard to come by Marmac Industries Inc (MII) paratrooper liner. This particular liner was manufactured in 1962 and is one of the 17,010 contract order for MII. In the same year Firestone were contracted to produce 12,810 units and this is one of the liners on my bucket list also :shok_yikes:
The liner has the U.S. Government mold in mark, which shows that Marmac leased out a government mold and then during production added the MII mark to show it was one of their liners. During that time period there were up to 70 owned government molds in use. The headband has a 63 contract date and is missing the nape strap which I will be searching for a suitable replacement. It has the wire brass buckles on the A straps and has the U.S. ink stamp on the chin strap. Looking forward to your comments on this one guys and thanks for looking cool militaria
I have recently managed to pick up a hard to come by Marmac Industries Inc (MII) paratrooper liner. This particular liner was manufactured in 1962 and is one of the 17,010 contract order for MII. In the same year Firestone were contracted to produce 12,810 units and this is one of the liners on my bucket list also :shok_yikes:
The liner has the U.S. Government mold in mark, which shows that Marmac leased out a government mold and then during production added the MII mark to show it was one of their liners. During that time period there were up to 70 owned government molds in use. The headband has a 63 contract date and is missing the nape strap which I will be searching for a suitable replacement. It has the wire brass buckles on the A straps and has the U.S. ink stamp on the chin strap. Looking forward to your comments on this one guys and thanks for looking cool militaria