aussie_1 Posted 20 February , 2008 Posted 20 February , 2008 G'Day from Australia. I've been trawling the Forum for a couple of weeks now and have finally taken the plunge with my first post. I have here a strange British? WWI helmet which could be private purchase or a early forerunner produced during the helmet experimental craze. This beast is huge! It weighs in at 3 1/2 pounds and measures brim to brim 14" x 13" Sadly some of the liner is shot but it is very reminscent of a MkI liner. Helmet is magnetic. Liner supports appear to be made of car tyre rubber. The chinstrap is made of a spring covered in canvas. Although it was sourced here in Australia the seller (A dodgy looking scrap merchant) thought it had come from South Africa) Interesting eh! All guesses and / or knowledgable answers would be most welcome. Cheers Aussie1 (Roy) I will try to add a couple more pix.
aussie_1 Posted 20 February , 2008 Author Posted 20 February , 2008 G'Day from Australia. I've been trawling the Forum for a couple of weeks now and have finally taken the plunge with my first post. I have here a strange British? WWI helmet which could be private purchase or a early forerunner produced during the helmet experimental craze. This beast is huge! It weighs in at 3 1/2 pounds and measures brim to brim 14" x 13" Sadly some of the liner is shot but it is very reminscent of a MkI liner. Helmet is magnetic. Liner supports appear to be made of car tyre rubber. The chinstrap is made of a spring covered in canvas. Although it was sourced here in Australia the seller (A dodgy looking scrap merchant) thought it had come from South Africa) Interesting eh! All guesses and / or knowledgable answers would be most welcome. Cheers Aussie1 (Roy) I will try to add a couple more pix.
grantsmil Posted 20 February , 2008 Posted 20 February , 2008 Welcome to the forum Roy. Can you tell me if there are any stamps in the metal of the helmet, like 'GMH', or something similar?
aussie_1 Posted 20 February , 2008 Author Posted 20 February , 2008 No markings at all as far as I can see.
scottmarchand Posted 20 February , 2008 Posted 20 February , 2008 It looks home made to me, wit scraps of a WW II liner. A lot of metal scrapping yards have big machines that could manage that rough shape.
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