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    Posted 5 years ago

    vintagelamp
    (1101 items)

    Found this at a local shop. Picture #3 is my set up at home. The following was found on the internet:

    Although the use of aluminum foil had been experimented with in the late 1800s, in the middle of the 1930s the first sun helmets came into use that featured a layer of aluminum foil inside the dome as a protection against the heat. That foil became a standard in the production both of the cork, and later in the war, the more economic pressed felt version of the Wolseley helmet. Besides these “nameless” foils, a brand existed, that that can be found in military and civil helmets alike: the “Coolair Aluminex.”
    ...Stuart Bates’ book, The Wolseley Helmet in Pictures, including an experimental one with a visor. This helmet has a label printed in blue letters directly on the foil that reads. “Royal Letters Patent No 397985 7/9/33 10°-15° Cooler.

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    Comments

    1. Newfld Newfld, 5 years ago
      This is so cool, and I love the background about it, great post
    2. jscott0363 jscott0363, 5 years ago
      That is so interesting! I love it.
    3. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 5 years ago
      Newfld, Thank you!

      jscott, Thank you!
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 5 years ago
      This looks like the colonial style to me rather than standard army issue.
    5. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 5 years ago
      Blunder. Yes, I am working on a few Army/Boer War ones now.

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