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Lot #3446
Lot #3448

Lot 3447: Early U.S. M1 Helmet with "Stork Club" Decoration

Early Pattern U.S. M1 Combat Helmet with "Stork Club" Themed Decoration

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 21, 2023

Lot 3447: Early U.S. M1 Helmet with "Stork Club" Decoration

Early Pattern U.S. M1 Combat Helmet with "Stork Club" Themed Decoration

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 21, 2023

Estimated Price: $1,500 - $2,250

Early Pattern U.S. M1 Combat Helmet with "Stork Club" Themed Decoration

Manufacturer: None
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Type: Other
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Catalog Page: 263
Class: Other
Description:

Made with the traditional two piece construction, with the inner layer constructed from compressed fiber with canvas and leather webbing, the webbing hand-marked "S-3279", and the outer shell showing the early style fixed bales and the rim seam on the front edge. The interior of the shell is standard army green, with the exterior painted white with the text "STORK CLUB" over a design of a stork carrying a baby in a bundle. While the "Stork Club" name is most famously associated with an establishment in New York, at least three American bombers bore the Stork Club name in World War II along with a number of overseas service clubs bearing the name, most famous being an enlisted club in Nuremberg during the time of the International Military Tribunal (aka the Nuremberg Trials); some reports put one of the key organizers as an enlisted man who worked at the (New York) Stork Club in peacetime and brought his cocktail skills to Germany with him. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Rating Definition:

Very good, with mild scuffing and staining.



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