White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
Article about: I picked this one up today for not a lot of money, but I am not certain as to when it dates from, though post WWII seems a possibility. It has a narrow band and sadly the liner/sweat band ha
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
I am certain that it is post war, but does anyone else have an opinion or anything to add?
Thanks
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
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Bond
I am certain that it is post war, but does anyone else have an opinion or anything to add?
Thanks
As an educated guess, I would say it's probably a Royal Marines helmet, dating anywhere from the 1940s to the 1980s. Their bandsmen wear this type with a Home Service helmet-type plate on the front.
Rob
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
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Battery Command Post
As an educated guess, I would say it's probably a Royal Marines helmet, dating anywhere from the 1940s to the 1980s. Their bandsmen wear this type with a Home Service helmet-type plate on the front.
Rob
Royal Marines is my thought.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
Royal marine pith helmets have a ball finial though...perhaps this has been replaced / lost
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
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helldunkle
Royal marine pith helmets have a ball finial though...perhaps this has been replaced / lost
Hi and thanks for posting.
For certain it should have and as you say maybe it was switched for a plain one, but if it still had one I would then be calling it a RM pith and not asking the question. I think it should also have a metal chinstrap if it was an RM bandsmans pith, but I'm not sure on these types. I'll just have to do some more research. MP's was my other guess.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Re: White painted commonwealth wolseley pattern pith helmet.
Very nice, I have a 42 dated example same as the one you posted with the silver foil lining. It is very likely that the Bandsman kept his ball finial, badge and chinstrap, though why not keep all of it. Probably going to be hard to replace them, if I can find a set or each individually.
Thanks for showing the bandsmans pith.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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