identity of helmet please
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Re: identity of helmet please
mmm...ok maybe use chalk this might highlight the marking's if any, this will not damage the paint finish.
Gaz
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Re: identity of helmet please
Thank you both,Gaz, Ade for your welcoming words, and Ade I am too curious but will be careful.If nothing obvious straight away with a good clean or Gaz's chalk trick on a little area I'll leave it alone.
Speak again
Patrick
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Re: identity of helmet please
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gaz232sqn
Hi,
Sometimes you find with these lids, there is a lot of paint on them, if you scratch about a bit on the inside of the rear of the lid, just below the rim, you should see a makers mark e.g. ROC and a date
maybe 1952, good luck mate..let us know how you get on!
Cheers
gaz
Hello Gaz,just cleaned a lot of dust and if you know where to look it is easier to find.PO&CO OW 4_1953
The helmet dictionary does not mention those intials,do you know what they stand for ?
Thanks
Patrick
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Re: identity of helmet please
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7eme BCA
Hello Gaz,just cleaned a lot of dust and if you know where to look it is easier to find.PO&CO OW 4_1953
The helmet dictionary does not mention those intials,do you know what they stand for ?
Thanks
Patrick
Hi
No sorry mate, i've had a look around various websites, and nothing has come up trumps....but one of the other members might know...i'm glad you found a date though, i am always relieved when i can safely date a lid..so i can imagine you must have been too...i have checked all mine and they are all ROC , must have been a common manafacturer ....
Cheers
Gaz.
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Re: identity of helmet please
Hi Patrick, I would suggest you might have mis-read the first initial? I think you will find it is not a "P" but is actually an "R".
The maker will be Rubery Owen & Co Ltd.. These are a known maker of these helmets.
Cheers, Ade.
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Hello Ade, just been to the garage for my Black & Decker sander and 2 minutes hard work on the paint proves you right,it is an R.
(just joking about the sander,a good rub to de-dust and a damp cloth over the writing did it).
Thank you
Patrick
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Re: identity of helmet please
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Re: identity of helmet please
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gaz232sqn
Hi Mate,
Black and Decker sander.......are you mad....
I would use an Industrial angle angle grinder, or if that did'nt work ..maybe Nuke the sucker , that would find any marking's...
no actually no scrub that ...stick with the chalk ..work's every time!!!
Cheers Mate
Will add this receipe to my book.Keep sharp,more questions coming up.
Patrick
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Re: identity of helmet please
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7eme BCA
Will add this receipe to my book.Keep sharp,more questions coming up.
Patrick
No problem mate, if I can I will
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