Leather Helmet Models
-New Yorker (5A “New Yorker”, 5A1 “Suburban”, 5 “Rural”, N5A “New Yorker”) (Other rare variants exist for the New Yorker duty helmet including the 16 comb, any more than 16 and the helmet would have been intended as a presentation/parade helmet)
- 600 (600H “Heavy”, 600M “Medium”
-500 “Drop Brim” (500H//500M)
-550 “Seamless” * with a drop brim
-650 “Seamless” *with a regulation brim
-430 “Warbaby”
-309 “Volunteer”
-N6A “Sam Houston”
Parade Helmets
32 Comb/64 Comb/“Waffle Comb” or as Cairns listed it Special Cross Comb.
Aluminum Helmet Models
-350 “Senator”
-351A “Derby”
-418 “Drop Brim”
-710 “Streamliner”
Flint Flex/Plastic/Fiberglass Models
-720 “Commando”
-725 “Flint Flex”
-900 “Clifton”
-770 “Philadelphian”
-880 “Century”
-660 “Metro”
-1000 “Classic”
-1010 “Traditional”
-1044 “Traditional”
How to date the older 5A Helmets
In what’s become a highly debated topic over the years, how do you accurately define the date your 5A (or newer N5A/N6A, though these are usually easier because manufacturer tags are generally still intact)
There are two schools of thought, like most things, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. However there’s such a drastic difference between the two dating methods and no known written documentation by the manufacturer on what date codes were used during which time that I’m currently aware of.
First, the dating method more widely accepted is
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