Legitimate Argentinian war helmets??

ODriscoll

I am trying to help someone who wants to try and find a Argentinian helmet, they preferably wanted one that was "ex Vietnam" If that makes sense.

Do any of these look legitimate
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BATTLE-DAMAGED-ARGENTINIAN-HELMET-/351378622091?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item51cfcc468b

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Falklands-Argentinian-Helmet-Genuine-War-1982-/111652895472?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19ff07faf0


And purely out of personal curiosity, for those who might have experience to know! does the claimed battle damaged one look real?
I am no expert, but the damage somehow does not look right to me. I did enquire with the seller, and no they can't actually provide any proof of their claim it is war battle damaged.
Apart from being pretty twisted why anyone would want it or for, the price is quite ridiculous regardless of it being legit.

Also any ideas if there any military shops in Ireland who might have some to actually see before buying.

ohnonotgmail

they were just the US M1 helmet. Not sure if you are going to be able to tell if they were argentinian issue. i dont remember that helmet cover being used by the argies in the falklands. that was a US only thing.

Correction: the first link shows a plain green helmet cover. so possibly argentinian but no way to be sure. the price is ridiculous though

ohnonotgmail

i would also be very dubious of any claims of battle damage

ODriscoll

Did you see what that helmet just fetched :eek:£705:eek:
To think, I messaged the seller to ask for any evidence, and they said they could not provide any! Can't believe what people pay based on a story. Perverse to want it if(big if) it was real anyway imo.
I have checked the other out and that seems to be the real McCoy, the name in the hat matches a Argentine soldier who was in the war, a Sgt Majors.
GUYET, Carlos Joaquin - Doc.: 5273682 - grado: Subof My
http://www.mindef.gov.ar/mindef_malvinas/resultado_vet_guerra_eje_tot.html?a=1
Still a rake of money even at the start price, but suppose compared the jackanory helmet, it looks cheap.

ohnonotgmail

that price is crazy. unreal. if you want some info on what to look for take a look here. Supposedly genuine argie helmets have a telltale spot weld mark to look for.

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/world-steel-helmets/falklands-war-argie-helmet-369606/

ODriscoll

Interesting, Thanks

tac foley

Last time but one I was there, there was a pile of about two thousand of them, many with elasticated scrim net holders on them. A good few of them were converted into p*ss pots by the locals, the rest were piled up for scrap. If anybody had offered £700 or so they could have had all of them to take away...

A lot of Argentinian helmets, in addition to the 'telltale spot weld mark', also have holes in them that we put there. With quite a few, the hole is so big that there is no helmet left around it - they are VERY hard to find.

Needless to say, many of us have totally 100% AUTHENTIC souvenirs of the FW, even if, like me, they weren't actually there when it happened. I have a very rare collection of hard-to-find bullet holes retrieved from the air over Bluff Cove, carefully teased into a bottle. It's yours for just 50eu post paid.

tac

ODriscoll

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

that price is crazy. unreal. if you want some info on what to look for take a look here. Supposedly genuine argie helmets have a telltale spot weld mark to look for.

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/world-steel-helmets/falklands-war-argie-helmet-369606/

Thanks again for that, it led to the answers.

tac foley

Call me gullible if you like, but I'm still eagerly awaiting to be advised of the connection between Argentina and the Vietnam war.

tac