British MK. II Afrika or Italy helmet?
Article about: Hi, Annoyed from this ads? I'ld buy this Mk.2 helmet with sand color, but before I need your opinion, The liner is marked 1940, but the paint covers the mark on the shell. It was foun
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I'd take it either way, it looks to have stacking storage wear. the strap has to be a replacement
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Tanks Rene', others opinion ? It can ne african or italian front?
Let me know...
Parti san
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Worth buying if the price is good, but hard to be really certain from the out of focus pictures as to when it was painted, and it looks to have some age to it, though it could be post was reused by Egypt, Israel or whoever.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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here is an expl. of a South-African one - that I was going to get - it's still available, so I might actually buy it...
British tropical mkII helmet?
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Could be an original field paint job, looks like the liner wasnt removed before painting (which is usually a good sign) but try to get better photos. One photo of the bolt would be nice.
Shell should be 1939 dated.
Last edited by Shadwellarmy; 11-18-2014 at 06:11 PM.
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Hallo, I've never seen this colour in helmets finded in Italy. This helmet have a jellow paint outside and all inside and this is no good for Italian front. For me is a post war use. Ciao!
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I can understand the outside being camouflaged, but why would they camouflage the inside of the helmet ?
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Looks to be just the inside brim that has been repainted, lighting not good.
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