EXTREMELY RARE
5 ARGENTINE MADE LEATHER CHINSTRAPS FOR US M1 HELMET
USED BY ARGENTINE NAVY & MARINES FROM '60S TO EARLY '90S
MALVINAS FALKLANDS 1982 WAR
Rare argentine made copies of american leather chinstraps for liner of US M1 helmet, this chinstraps copies the early short cam lever flat-flip american model.
There are 5 leather chinstraps on sale as a set, conditions "as is".
All used in diferent conditions (photos 1 to 4)
#1 FROM TOP: complete, very good condition, very few use, parkerized steel buckle works properly, leather is fresh.
#2 FROM TOP: complete, good condition, with honest use, parkerized steel buckle works properly, leather is fresh but has several marks from the cam.
#3 FROM TOP: cam lever lost, leather is darkened, stained and dried in several parts. Ideal as spare parts or repairing
#4 FROM TOP: cam lever lost, leather is darkened, stained and dried in the points. Ideal as spare parts or repairing
#5 FROM TOP: complete but cam is broken, good+ condition, very few use, leather is fresh. Ideal for repairing
Photos 5 to 7 show the buckles with their lever cam and rivets of chinstraps #1 and #2.
These chinstraps are ideal to complete you argentine US M1 helmet, or to repair your chinstraps if it is broken or incomplete.
These argentine made chinstraps were used together with american ones (WWII and Vietnam periods models) by the Argentine Navy & Marines since '60s to early '90s, obviously used during the Malvinas / Falklands South Atlantic 1982 War.