English MK1 helmet

[frenchy]

i can't wait to see an answer for this question as i was searching for it too and can't find nothing right now .

Frenchy

[emileverbunt]

Hi Paul, If you look real close it might be marked BMB for Brigg's Motor Bodies. Not Canadian but British.

It could very well be a MkII and not a MkI (which WW1 vintage). The Mk1* was the Mk1 modified (new liner, strap posts, top screw and strap) and updated in 1938/39.

Cheers,
Emile

[wachtmeester]

While still on the topic, is there an explanation somewhere about the letters stamped in the helmet? I have a big "S" in one of them ( I have two of those) That 2nd one that I have has the date not completed. It says 194* ( the star means it is blank) Is it possible that certain units had their helmets stamped? Just trying to get as much info as I can and see how far I can trace it.
Thanks!

[Paul Kennedy]

Thank you Emile.
You are correct. The helmet is marked BMB 1939. The liner has MB alone:

7 1/4
MB
1940

Thank you,
Paul

[Patgore]

If it said BMB, I'd say Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd., Dagenham.

But it isn't Canadian. The three Canadian manufacturers were:

Aluminum Goods Co. AG/C
Canadian Lamp Co. CL/C
General Steelwares GSW