MkII helmet with mystery flash
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Re: MkII helmet with mystery flash
No clue on the flash, but I like the liner! Certainly an interesting feature.
Nitram
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Thats what i was hoping!The only paper reference i have of British insignia is Brian l Davis's.He shows a shield shaped flash, RE training brigade.
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A good lid with an interesting liner, good to see the flash you were asking about, RE as Rob posted. Armoured engineers used a similar formation patch colour scheme of red/blue/red/blue/red.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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Re: MkII helmet with mystery flash
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NCA
Thats what i was hoping!The only paper reference i have of British insignia is Brian l Davis's.He shows a shield shaped flash, RE training brigade.
It's the standard RE hat flash. Just for reference, here it is as illustrated in John Waring's Pamphlet No 1:
Rob
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Interesting how someone has added all those holes for ventilation on the liner, & that the RE flash is on the front too & not on the side. Certainly one I'd love to have, well done.
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Thanks.The holes are punched very uniformly, machine like almost..
Ive just discovered a name on the inside brim too.
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Just a thought, is there any chance that the flash is on the front because it belonged to an officer?Surely there was regulations regarding the placement of signs on helmets?i:e on the side for other ranks and front for higher ranks?
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Re: MkII helmet with mystery flash
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Bond
Armoured engineers used a similar formation patch colour scheme of red/blue/red/blue/red.
The Royal Canadian Engineers also used a similar flash with an extra thin blue line in the middle.
Rob
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