One of my few composite helmet : a British Mk6

**Jean Loup** · 10-26-2019, 04:49 PM

Hello

After a lot (too much, my wife says!) of Ww2 helmets, I bought a few weeks ago a British Mk6 helmet with " DPM regular" Cover

One of my few composite helmet : a British Mk6

I have a question : what means the text inside:

I read:
S/C
PILE
BWG

S/C for Staff corporal?

Thank you for reading and for your help.

Salut de France.
Jean Loup

**Composite** · 10-26-2019, 05:16 PM

oh great....ANOTHER Mk6 thread.......

What is the date on the label please? The cover is an early version...quite special.....

**Jean Loup** · 10-26-2019, 05:22 PM

Hello.

It's a 1986 model.

Do I look for marking on the cover?

Jean Loup

**Composite** · 10-26-2019, 05:33 PM

it is not necessary. It is not a common design - there are 2 horizontal rings of elastic and USUALLY there are some vertical ones as well...this looks like an early cover...I may be wrong.

**Jean Loup** · 10-26-2019, 05:43 PM

Thank you.

Any idea about the marking? rank and name or something else? I'm a newbee in composite helmets and I don't know anything about UK army.

Jean Loup

**Composite** · 10-26-2019, 05:52 PM

No....sorry...it’s almost always a shortened surname and a truncated service number but I cannot make that out...but to be honest I’d stop focusing on the helmet and start to enjoy the cover.

**Jean Loup** · 10-26-2019, 05:59 PM

I enjoy both of them ;-)

Thank you for your help and your information on the cover.
Best regards.
Jean Loup

**brickie501** · 10-27-2019, 06:02 PM

Staff Corporal is pretty obscure - I had to google to remind myself it was one of the 'odd' cavalry titles! - its written quite 'crudely' though, so could the second letter of the apparent rank be an 'L' instead?

"S / L" being an abbreviation (albeit not the correct 'official' one) I have seen used for the rank, it might therefore be an RAF Squadron Leader's helmet.

"BWG" doesn't ring any bells I'm afraid though.