Japanese shipboard helmet

[NARVIK]

Probably my best Japanese helmet. Came out of an Australian vet estate a few years ago.

[ghp95134]

飯田二曹
Īda/Īida/Īta/Handa Nisō
[depends on how the family pronounces their surname ... ]

Nisō is a contraction for:
二等兵曹 Nitōheisō [Petty Officer 2nd Class]



--Guy

[NARVIK]

Thanks, Guy! Very helpful! Can you translate the writing in the rim as well?

Scott

[ghp95134]

Thanks, Guy! Very helpful! Can you translate the writing in the rim as well?

Scott

(大) 一九
(Ō) 19

大 Ō/dai "large/big" might refer to a surname, or perhaps a location ... like a battalion 大隊 Dai-tai ??


--Guy

[NARVIK]

Thanks again, Guy. I assumed the "large" symbol indicated the helmet size. Thanks for translating. Still a mystery, what it really means.