Opinions needed on this Army/ Homefront Mk2
Article about: After Degens posted his army helmet with textured khaki green paint on the outside, & police blue inside, this one arrived a few days ago. I got it quite cheap & thought I'd keep the
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Well I like it Aaron,the texture looks great,so without going through your Net thread is this the early thick woven type?overall it has plenty of character.
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Hi Jake, Yes, this is the early woven type net, one of the reasons I bought the helmet. Just didn't expect the helmet to have a nice look to it, even though it shouldn't have the black inside.
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Hello mate ,I am well out of my area here but I really like this one ,it almost looks to me like it was a home front issued helmet that has been period "cammo'd" for home guard use , not just the net but the addition of the textured paint. I am probably wrong as I am sure the British helmet experts will tell me but I think it looks period! Leon.
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Hello mate ,I am well out of my area here but I really like this one ,it almost looks to me like it was a home front issued helmet that has been period "cammo'd" for home guard use , not just the net but the addition of the textured paint. I am probably wrong as I am sure the British helmet experts will tell me but I think it looks period! Leon.
Nothing wrong Leon with that mate,I'll too could go with that thought............
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Re issued from Warden to home Guard seems most likely. A lovely netted lid.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever
its just an opinion.
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I spoke to someone who knows a lot about British helmets, & he said it probably belonged to an factory home guard unit.
No doubt during the early days of the war before the home guard became what it did, units were set up by local groups, & probably in mine & your case by a large factory. Hence the black painted helmet, mainly due to the shortage of helmets in 1940 into early 1941.
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