British mk 2 helmet question

**mayralphie** · 10-06-2013, 05:44 AM

Just got this mk 2 with markings on rim. "LBZ 432 1940". Anyone know who manufactured this helmet?

**tinlid** · 10-06-2013, 08:39 AM

What you have there is a Mk2 No.2A, (1 hole in the brim) to donate that it was for home front use only.
The BZ432 is the steel batch number, but before that is F&L for maker name Fisher & Ludlow.

**mayralphie** · 10-06-2013, 04:08 PM

Thanks

**mayralphie** · 10-09-2013, 01:56 AM

Read somewhere that these single hole Brodie helmets were also issued to foreign troops fighting for the the French in world war 2. Anyone know anything about this?