Mk2 No2.C Home Guard, with net
Article about: A near mint condition home guard Mk2 No2.C, apart from being made of mild steel this helmet, net & liner are exactly as a standard army Helmet, Steel, Mk2 No.1. The net is the early wove
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Thats a Great Piece, as you said it looks near mint!
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Very interesting piece was it just home guard lids that were mild steel, or was it other (behind the lines) groups like ARP and fire brigade etc?...
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Lovely condition example, hard to beat this one I think.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Gunny Hartmann
Very interesting piece was it just home guard lids that were mild steel, or was it other (behind the lines) groups like ARP and fire brigade etc?...
A lot of the homefront helmets were made of the lesser quality steel and are marked by a number of holes drilled into the brim.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Jerry B
A lot of the homefront helmets were made of the lesser quality steel and are marked by a number of holes drilled into the brim.
Cheers Jerry!....
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Jerry B
A lot of the homefront helmets were made of the lesser quality steel and are marked by a number of holes drilled into the brim.
Also on the flip side many auxiliary Helmets that were issued were the same grade 1 as Army helmets just differant colour and texture.
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Their were the 4 types of No2's, A-D with 1-4 holes in the brim to donate use for the home front only, & not military use.
Their was also a couple of other types of steel helmets, & with their design they were clearly for non military use.
Although to start with the home guard would have used whatever helmets they could get, (as there was a shortage)
But the standard home guard helmet would have had khaki green textured paint on the outside, or later inside & out.
They were also issued with the standard army Mk2 No1 as supplies allowed, mostly from mid 1941.
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Great info, thanks guys!....
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Fantastic example tinlid, great close up shots!
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