Helmet badge ID

[meyle77]

Can anybody id the badge on this civil defence helmet ?
Is it wartime ?

Thanks.

[SHINDENKAI]

Hi,

It's a badge for Japanese Junior High/ High School and it looks legit.

東中 (Higashi Chuu) - Abbreviation of East High School.

Of Note: Japanese High school grades, Grade 1~6 (Western countries Grade 7~12).

For example:

中一 (Chuu Ichi) - High School Grade 1 ( Grade 7)

中六 (Chuu Roku) - High School Grade 6 (Grade 12)

Regards,
Taka

[meyle77]

Thank you very much !

Is it wartime period badge then ?

I will get more photos of the interior and post them as there is more writing.

[meyle77]

here is the liner
thanks

[Jareth]

Yes WW2 civilian defense helmet with period insignia

[meyle77]

Thanks !

[ghp95134]

Liner rim:
大森地上特持町九六
Ōmori Chijō Tokuji machi kuroku
Omori Above-Ground, Tokuji Town, 96...

Inside liner:
森口
Moriguchi [family name]

inside helmet shell, black paint:

森
Mori [family name]


Omori Chijō changed its name a few times through the years:

Before 1889:
大森村
Omori mura

1889:
大森村（大字なし） [apparently 大字 means "larger section of village"; so: without a larger section of the village]
Omori Mura

1932:
大森町一〜九丁目、森ヶ崎町
Omori Machi 1~9 chome, Mori-ga-saki cho
names source

--Guy

[SHINDENKAI]

Hi Guy-san,

Sumimasen.

Instead of 地上, it is 池上 (Ikegami) - Above Pond.

特持, 徳持 (Tokumochi).

Regards,
Taka

[meyle77]

Thank you very much !

[ghp95134]

Thanks, Taka-san.

No excuse! Warukatta~yo!

--Guy