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RPG001
COVER, FIELDGREY heavy duty linen CLIP-ON, for M16 steel helmet, as worn in combat. The helmets would glisten when wet even at night, so the Germans made covers. We stock 64 & 66 size.. If you leave them on in the sun and rain they will conform very nicely to your helmet over time. This was a "cottage" industry in Germany, they being made at home by women: ...(A) GREY LINEN; ...(B) BURLAP.
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$59.50
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RPG004
KOKARDES- OFFICER two piece metallic, for officer caps. We add the wool center to make them correct for WWI. We stock National (black/silver/red wool center) and Prussian (black/silver/black wool center). You can make any state kokarde by simply painting these and adding the correct colored wool for the center.
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$9.50
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RPG009
CHINSTRAP- for SPIKED & STEEL HELMETS w/M91 posts: BLACK LEATHER - STEEL or BRASS hardware OR NATURAL TAN - STEEL or BRASS hardware. ANY mixture of hardware can be found on M16 steel helmets since they took the chinstraps from the spiked helmet and put them on the steel helmet when received in the front lines. That was the German way of saving money and time - this is how they ended up with poorly designed and frustrating to use M91 chinstrap arrangement on steel helmets. We have seen them wired on, post rims peened over. etc. in an attempt by the soldiers to keep them on the helmet posts. NOTE: We stock a few extra long (3" longer) BLACK/BRASS for LARGER helmets (Spiked and Steel). CHOICE
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$34.50
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RPG010
COVER, BURLAP TIE-ON, for M16 Steel Helmet, one size fits all, made of burlap sandbag material, leather reinforced at lugs.
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$39.50
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RPG012
COVER- SPIKED HELMET, M1895 fieldgrey, for helmets 58 and BIGGER. Color may vary just like the originals. These are Pre-SEPT 1915 1-piece covers where chinstraps were worn under the cover, marked and dated 1914. If you need it smaller, just throw it in the washer with hot water, then the dryer, which will shrink it. Then stretch it to fit the helmet and let it on there. All WWI EM covers were ill-fitting and soldiers did not like them. In hot weather they would stick to the helmet finish and pull it of when the cover was removed, but they were issued one per man and used in the field. Numbers can be RED(1914), changed to green in late 1914 and early 1915, then they were removed entirely (it gave away too much information to spies). These covers will fit to any helmet once they are form fitted. Photo shows it on a size 58 helmet.
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$59.50
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