TAIWANESE ROC M1 STEEL POT W/ LINER DESERT TAN RARE GULF WAR HELMET SAUDI

THIS IS AN UNUSUAL M1 TYPE STEEL POT CONTRACTED THROUGH, AND PRODUCED IN TAIWAN. HELMET WAS ORIGINALLY ORDERED AS A QUICK PRODUCED, SUPPLEMENTARY HELMET FOR COALITION FORCES, JUST BEFORE AND DURING EARLY STAGES OF OPERATION DESSERT STORM= LATE 1990. OBVIOUSLY AN ENTITY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAD AN INFLUENCE IN PRODUCTION OF THESE HELMETS. HELMETS WERE USED PRIMARILY BY RECRUITS OF THE ROYAL SAUDI ARMED FORCES WHO WERE FOUND TO BE LOYAL TO U.S. INTERESTS. THIS IS A RARE AND UNUSUAL SPECIMEN OF SUPPLIES PROCURED BY THE U.S. FOR THE ARMING OF THIRD PARTY ALLIES. HELMET IS NEW OLD STOCK, IN PRODUCTION WRAP, BUT HAS SMALL SCUFFS ON OUTER SHELLS FROM WAREHOUSING. SUSPENSION HARDWARE HAS SPOTS OF CORROSION FROM LONG TERM STORAGE & STEEL POT HAS MINOR SPOTS INSIDE CROWN AREA.. NEAT M1 STEEL POT COLLECTIBLE, WITH SEAM IN REAR AND EARLY U.S. 70S STEEL POT ATTRIBUTES.  NOTE: SEE ALL 16 PHOTOS!!!

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