shemp h. Posted January 24 Share #1 Posted January 24 Good morning Guys, the IJN stencil anchor helmet has always been one of my favorite lids and I don't think I've seen one on this forum so I thought I would start this thread.Here is mine so if you have em, let's see em. Thank you and thanks for looking. Bill Link to post Share on other sites
spag199th Posted January 25 Share #2 Posted January 25 (edited) Wow, I'm surprised that no one has posted their IJN Helmets? If I had one I would share it. All I have in a IJA lid. Edited January 25 by spag199th Link to post Share on other sites
shemp h. Posted January 26 Author Share #3 Posted January 26 6 hours ago, spag199th said: Wow, I'm surprised that no one has posted their IJN Helmets? If I had one I would share it. All I have in a IJA lid. We will have to give it a few days Sal, there aren't a lot of big collectors on this forum, so I started this thread to try to give it a kick in the a## to try to help get people interested 😉 Bill Link to post Share on other sites
spag199th Posted January 26 Share #4 Posted January 26 (edited) The other day our sister forum locked my thread on original Japanese WWII ammo! So they sent me here, so here I am! I was with them for many years. Edited January 26 by spag199th Link to post Share on other sites
RRA227 Posted February 5 Share #5 Posted February 5 Not as nice as yours. Shame somebody painted over most of the anchor. But for $20 it is better than nothing. Rich A. in Pa. Link to post Share on other sites
shemp h. Posted February 7 Author Share #6 Posted February 7 Damn Rich for twenty bucks I think you did pretty good, from your photos the liner looks to be in nice shape and you might be able to remove the black paint from the anchor without damaging the yellow paint underneath but I would leave it as is. Bill Link to post Share on other sites
spag199th Posted February 7 Share #7 Posted February 7 Really! Can't complain about that deal. Nice find Rich. Sal Link to post Share on other sites
RRA227 Posted February 7 Share #8 Posted February 7 Thanks. I will not mess with it. Rich A. in Pa. Link to post Share on other sites
RAB Posted February 10 Share #9 Posted February 10 One I used to own, Im not sure if the numbers are related to Japanese navy or not, it was painted black when I found it in a shop and the black paint come off easily but someone in the past scrubbed off alot of the original brown paint. Link to post Share on other sites
Fortunes Of War Posted Monday at 05:44 PM Share #10 Posted Monday at 05:44 PM Hi. I'm guessing that the black painted helmet with anchor and the one with the red and white stripes are different helmets! While most people continue to debate whether the Japanese painted their helmets colors other than "dead grass", or "shipboard gray", it appears that your helmet shows a navy painted example that was covered over in black paint; that's very cool! I have also seen a white painted Japanese navy anchor helmet, a black painted Japanese navy anchor helmet, and a Japanese stencil anchor helmet, with aircraft green overpaint, among others. MikeB Link to post Share on other sites
RAB Posted Tuesday at 02:41 PM Share #11 Posted Tuesday at 02:41 PM If youre refering to the helmet I posted its just one helmet, it was painted a gloss black with red and yellow stripes when I bought it and the paint chipped away easily to reveal a brown painted helmet with yellow painted anchor, but before it was painted black someone tried to scrub off the original Japanese brown paint. Link to post Share on other sites
Fortunes Of War Posted Tuesday at 05:37 PM Share #12 Posted Tuesday at 05:37 PM Yep, I was referring to that very same helmet; thank you for the clarification. MikeB Link to post Share on other sites
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