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Posted 10 years ago
southcop
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Dutch reissued British MK2 helmet WWII? there's a hallmark 1939 by the bail and some marks by the rim I assume are British army, the color is grey.
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Petey will know :-) You have such a varied collection I love that !
thank you manikin youu too
Hi Petey, there 562 + wD and that British arrow
I tried and opened out the liner for your consideration 10-4 on the tinlid info thanks
Downloaded a new liner pic
Got the Info out of the Internet that either due to Pieces of jute (burlap) inside the liner & earlier Dutch liner this helmet simply transferred hands from the British army to Dutch Bescherming Bevolking (BB or Civil Defense) , dont have any Info on the painting but I assume that was painted by the BB civil defense per se.As far as the liner goes, This may have been done out of necessity or possibly even for wearer comfort??What is mind boggling me is the chin strap!!
WD might be for the maker William Dobson, the liner & chin strap looks like the Dutch type used early war. Maybe they used up these until 1955-56 when the Dutch started making the Mk2 clone?
thanks tinlid!!
what about grey type collor?
The colour I'm sure is Dutch CD, but what's quite interesting is the fixing for the liner. Not seen that before, but then again I'm not really up on Dutch helmets.
Never seen one like this b4 as well.Its just type a neckband though!!
thanks petey!!