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Genuine US USAREU M64 Tank Helmet. Like M1938 Tanker-Early Cold War
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A very hard to find item, as all US tanker helmets generally remain with the tank, not the solder!! These USAEURO m64 tank helmets, when available for sale get upwards of $895 or more!
Its a West German made M38 WW II U.S.A. type tanker helmets ..known by collectors as the USAEURO as these were made in West Germany for the U.S. tankers stationed in Germany during the early part of the cold war, to supplement a short fall in available home grown CVC helmets!!
There were two types, a fibre type and an aluminium dome type (like this example) and are pretty much identical to the American made ones on sight... however..... they have some very different features on closer inspection..... most obvious being the vented Pepper pot holes in the dome itself (as opposed to the large vent holes on the U.S. made) NOTE... I believe the fibre type may have had the large holes like the U.S. ones!!???
The liner is maker marked MAURY AND Co OFFENBACH/M with the size US stamp 7 1/2 in the liner as well as the Army purchase order number.
Earphones were held in place by a method unique to the West German made helmets, elasticated cross bands with popper fasteners. The thick leather band around the rim is also of a wider section than a U.S. made one and incorporates large rivets to hold it in place (the U.S. ones don't have any visible rivets!!)
In West Germany in the late 50's and early 60's the Army authorized armored units to buy, on US Army purchase orders, the West German produced 'Schutzhelm Bundeswehr Panzer Einheiten Modell US 6', called by collectors today the USAREUR tank helmet. These helmets were produced by the Maury Co., and the Romer CO. and will have the US size in the liner as well as the Army purchase order number.
The helmet m64, also called steel helmet for combat crew, was introduced in the mid-50s of the previous century and replaced the American tank helmet model 1941.
Its a West German made M38 WW II U.S.A. type tanker helmets ..known by collectors as the USAEURO as these were made in West Germany for the U.S. tankers stationed in Germany during the early part of the cold war, to supplement a short fall in available home grown CVC helmets!!
There were two types, a fibre type and an aluminium dome type (like this example) and are pretty much identical to the American made ones on sight... however..... they have some very different features on closer inspection..... most obvious being the vented Pepper pot holes in the dome itself (as opposed to the large vent holes on the U.S. made) NOTE... I believe the fibre type may have had the large holes like the U.S. ones!!???
The liner is maker marked MAURY AND Co OFFENBACH/M with the size US stamp 7 1/2 in the liner as well as the Army purchase order number.
Earphones were held in place by a method unique to the West German made helmets, elasticated cross bands with popper fasteners. The thick leather band around the rim is also of a wider section than a U.S. made one and incorporates large rivets to hold it in place (the U.S. ones don't have any visible rivets!!)
In West Germany in the late 50's and early 60's the Army authorized armored units to buy, on US Army purchase orders, the West German produced 'Schutzhelm Bundeswehr Panzer Einheiten Modell US 6', called by collectors today the USAREUR tank helmet. These helmets were produced by the Maury Co., and the Romer CO. and will have the US size in the liner as well as the Army purchase order number.
The helmet m64, also called steel helmet for combat crew, was introduced in the mid-50s of the previous century and replaced the American tank helmet model 1941.
