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    Post by Battalion Colours Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:38 pm

    mk1rceme wrote:If it was authentic, I would have thought the Kangaroo helmet would have went for a lot more than it did.


    Dale:

    If the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment MK II had been 100% original, I believe it would have sold for well over a $1000 US.
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    Post by recceboy Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:10 pm

    Battalion Colours wrote:
    mk1rceme wrote:If it was authentic, I would have thought the Kangaroo helmet would have went for a lot more than it did.


    Dale:

    If the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment MK II had been 100% original, I believe it would have sold for well over a $1000 US.

    Now thinking that being am Armoured unit, would have not been issued Tank helmets ?

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    Post by mk1rceme Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:54 pm

    recceboy wrote:Now thinking that being am Armoured unit, would have not been issued Tank helmets ?

    Anthony

    That's what I was thinking too, but who knows. I have a Korean war era MkII that is named and marked to a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons so I guess anything is possible.


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    Post by Battalion Colours Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:37 pm

    mk1rceme wrote:
    recceboy wrote:Now thinking that being am Armoured unit, would have not been issued Tank helmets ?

    Anthony

    That's what I was thinking too, but who knows. I have a Korean war era MkII that is named and marked to a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons so I guess anything is possible.


    As Bill stated earlier, there are very few photographs showing Canadian tankers in actual combat. With that said, many photographs show a mix of headgear (i.e. berets, tanker's helmets and MK IIs) being worn.

    Dale, what type of markings does your Korean War MK II have?


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    Post by mk1rceme Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:20 pm

    Just a service number, name, and RCD scratched into the rim...nothing special.


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