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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 2683018" data-attributes="member: 13284"><p>Did a little work this morning and completed a 45th ID marked MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) liner that I picked up at the RK Show a few weeks back along with the protest helmet. The liner was rough and dirty and was missing the sweatband, nape strap, crown tie, and chin strap. Unit painted WWII liners and helmets are about as rare as hen's teeth so I didn't pass it up. I cleaned the liner up and pulled the chin strap, nape strap, and sweatband off of the Westinghouse liner in the my front seam swivel bale McCord (with the dented top) and the crown tie out of a beater Seaman Paper Co. liner to complete it. The Westinghouse liner had been pieced together so it didn't bother me to borrow some parts off of it. The condition of the liner better matched the helmet and parts that I borrowed anyway.</p><p></p><p>Here she is completed...everything matches so well that you'd never know that the helmet, liner, and liner parts were pieced together. I need to do a little research, but I believe the rank insignia should be for a Tech Sergeant.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner037E_zpsb3675fca.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner037E_zpsb3675fca.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner051E_zps09aa2ef5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner051E_zps09aa2ef5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner056E_zps527ee73e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner056E_zps527ee73e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner069E_zpsc983c129.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner069E_zpsc983c129.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 2683018, member: 13284"] Did a little work this morning and completed a 45th ID marked MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) liner that I picked up at the RK Show a few weeks back along with the protest helmet. The liner was rough and dirty and was missing the sweatband, nape strap, crown tie, and chin strap. Unit painted WWII liners and helmets are about as rare as hen's teeth so I didn't pass it up. I cleaned the liner up and pulled the chin strap, nape strap, and sweatband off of the Westinghouse liner in the my front seam swivel bale McCord (with the dented top) and the crown tie out of a beater Seaman Paper Co. liner to complete it. The Westinghouse liner had been pieced together so it didn't bother me to borrow some parts off of it. The condition of the liner better matched the helmet and parts that I borrowed anyway. Here she is completed...everything matches so well that you'd never know that the helmet, liner, and liner parts were pieced together. I need to do a little research, but I believe the rank insignia should be for a Tech Sergeant. [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner037E_zpsb3675fca.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner037E_zpsb3675fca.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner051E_zps09aa2ef5.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner051E_zps09aa2ef5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner056E_zps527ee73e.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner056E_zps527ee73e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s181.photobucket.com/user/mach-won/media/mach-won055/45thliner069E_zpsc983c129.jpg.html][IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i181.photobucket.com_albums_x97_mach_won_mach_won055_45thliner069E_zpsc983c129.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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