just purchased ww2 para hemlet for collection would appreciate guidance researching name!

[TommiTank]

hi guys!
not posted on here for ages but I have been buying quite a lot and most recently purchased this para helmet, my biggest spend on a helmet for my collection but hope you all agree its a good buy and shrewd investment??

ive never seen one of these labels before so could be fake for all I know?? although I have found soilder with these initials and same name I cant be 100% it is him!
any help on this would be muchly appreciated??!!??

I will be listing all purchased ive made since i last posted on here over the next week including ww2 medals and documents,uniform,raf and rac (tank corp-churchil tanks) log books etc...

thanking you all in advance for any learnings!!

hope it good! (gulp)

[Jerry B]

It was sold by a member from the forum.

Can anyone help with this new find? para helmet??

A nice lid.

[TommiTank]

doesn't surprise me bananamafia is on here! sounded like a really nice genuine guy, I follow his fb now
so im guessing helmet already been posted on here before then?
and is it possible to find out more about LT Sargent?
cheers Anon!

[SMP]

The 12/13 Battalion was a TA para unit from 1956-67 . It's HQ was at Pudsey.
The label is QM stores label from that time. They used WW2 helmets for many years after the war.
You might try the TA.

[TommiTank]

thanks for the info SMP, something to sink my teeth into next week!
cheeeers!