Game Used Notre Dame Riddell RK suspension helmet.  The helmet is all original and complete including the chinstrap.   The helmet is from 1964, the year the Irish were National Champions, and was used through at least 1967.  The helmet is all original and complete as sourced - with the original suspension, jawpads, and 2-bar BD-9 mask from 1967.   

The helmet has been painted with the ND Gold paint, with the same process of all true authentic Irish helmets from this period.  The paint that Notre Dame used during this period was not the shiny, glittery paint as used today and throughout the last 15 years.  The more “dull” gold of the helmet perfectly matches what the team used when compared to photos or other Irish game helmets from that period.  Interesting feature of this helmet is the remains of where the earholes were taped off from the inside of the helmet - to prevent paint overspray from reaching the inside of the helmet.   This tape was then punched out from the outside of the helmet and never removed.   It remains on the helmet, complete with original Notre Dame Gold paint on it.   We have only ever seen one other Notre Dame helmet from this period with similar earhole masking tape remains.  AWESOME!  

The helmet shows moderate exterior and interior game wear.   The helmet has early Riddell heat stamps on the rear of both sides flanking the center ridge of the helmet.  A very rare helmet of a highly desireable model, that obviously saw some years of action on the gridiron, obviously worn in both Champion years of 1964 and 1966.