Helmet, M1, Fixed Loops, HAWLEY Liner, US Navy, Lt. John Ducat, Executive Officer, USS Housatonic, PTO
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Superb genuine WWII US Navy M1 helmet, front seam and fixed loops, manufactured by McCord, with no visible shell number.
Original early production canvas chinstrap with brass buckle and hook, on which name J.R. Ducat and mention Lt. U.S.N.R. have been written. The outer surface has been covered with a layer of blue-gray paint, while mention EXEC, which indicates the role of Executive Officer of its wearer, has been stenciled in white capital letters on the front.
Comes along with its rare liner of the first pattern, cloth-covered cardboard type manufactured by Hawley, which retains its rayon suspension and leather chinstrap. Mention Lt. J.R. Ducat U.S.N.R. has been written on both the inner surface of the liner itself and on the russet leather sweatband.
Great homogeneous set, in good overall condition.
John Reginald Ducat was born on May 9, 1913 in New York City and joined the US Navy in the late 1930s. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in March 1944, he assumed command of USS Housatonic (AO-35), an oiler which deployed to the Pacific, from November 1944 to December 1945. He retired on July 1st, 1960 as a Commander, and passed away on March 11, 1991.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19035.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/82477829/john-r-ducat
Illustration documents available in digital format only.
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Superb genuine WWII US Navy M1 helmet, front seam and fixed loops, manufactured by McCord, with no visible shell number.
Original early production canvas chinstrap with brass buckle and hook, on which name J.R. Ducat and mention Lt. U.S.N.R. have been written. The outer surface has been covered with a layer of blue-gray paint, while mention EXEC, which indicates the role of Executive Officer of its wearer, has been stenciled in white capital letters on the front.
Comes along with its rare liner of the first pattern, cloth-covered cardboard type manufactured by Hawley, which retains its rayon suspension and leather chinstrap. Mention Lt. J.R. Ducat U.S.N.R. has been written on both the inner surface of the liner itself and on the russet leather sweatband.
Great homogeneous set, in good overall condition.
John Reginald Ducat was born on May 9, 1913 in New York City and joined the US Navy in the late 1930s. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in March 1944, he assumed command of USS Housatonic (AO-35), an oiler which deployed to the Pacific, from November 1944 to December 1945. He retired on July 1st, 1960 as a Commander, and passed away on March 11, 1991.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19035.htm
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/82477829/john-r-ducat
Illustration documents available in digital format only.