Door County Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Helmet of James Abrahamson

Object/Artifact

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Door County Civil Defense Auxiliary Police Helmet of James Abrahamson

Entry/Object ID

2019.43.1

Description

White fiberglass Civil Defense ("Police") helmet. The inside is two-tone brown with olive green protective webbing. The outside front of the helmet is labelled with a sticker reading "Police, Wisconsin" and the round red, white and blue Civil Defense logo. On the left side is a sticker reading "Door County". There is a brown leather chin strap wound over the short brim of the helmet. The back of the helmet is labelled in black plastic with the name of James Abrahamson.

Cataloged By

Bill Rice

Acquisition

Accession

2019.43

Source or Donor

Steve Abrahamson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1950 - 1959

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Helmet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Search Terms

Civil Defense, Police, apparel, headwear, apparel, protective, apparel, law enforcement, police auxiliary

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Abrahamson, Steve

Person or Organization

Abrahamson, James

General Notes

Note

Notes: There are no dates on any of the items, so the above 'year range" is a guess.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

November 30, 2019

Updated By

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Update Date

August 12, 2026