Thread: WW2 helmet markings?
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Old 08-08-2006, 04:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: WW2 helmet markings?
the spade(506th PIR), heart(502nd PIR),and club(501st PIR), painted on the side of the helmet were used to identify the 3 different Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 101st Airborne during WW2.

The Army Rangers had a diamond on the back of thier helmets, I think they were orange...the number inside the diamond identified the battalion.

A horizontal line on the back of the WW2 M1 Helmet signified a non-comissioned officer, a vertical line signified an officer. This was done, if I recall correctly, so that officers and nco's could be clearly identified and followed by their soldiers when they were leading from the front.

Thats about all I know about that.

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