Naval Leather Boarding Hat?

M ELEY · 13th December 2023, 07:31 PM

Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice, early miner's cap! Good catch, Ken!

About two decades ago, I used to get catalogs from numerous arms sellers. There was this chap, Dale C. Anderson, who used to put out a catalog filled with a wide range of long guns, swords, daggers, etc as well as a lot of militaria. In one of his listings, he had an American boarding helmet exactly like the one in Gilkerson, figure 3 with significant age! This was before that monumental work had come out and he listed it as "trench helmet?" and listed it for about $1200. Wow, if I had known, I'd have moved heaven and earth to get one of these excessively rare items! Sigh...

13th December 2023, 07:31 PM	#6
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,077	Not a boarding helmet, but still a very nice, early miner's cap! Good catch, Ken! About two decades ago, I used to get catalogs from numerous arms sellers. There was this chap, Dale C. Anderson, who used to put out a catalog filled with a wide range of long guns, swords, daggers, etc as well as a lot of militaria. In one of his listings, he had an American boarding helmet exactly like the one in Gilkerson, figure 3 with significant age! This was before that monumental work had come out and he listed it as "trench helmet?" and listed it for about $1200. Wow, if I had known, I'd have moved heaven and earth to get one of these excessively rare items! Sigh... Last edited by M ELEY; 14th December 2023 at 02:54 AM.