Brain Freeze

**MD Helmets** · 09-06-2012, 12:16 AM

I need help! I am having abrain freeze on this lid. Post war Dutch? It's killing me not being able to put my finger on it!

Any help is appreciated

**gel65** · 09-06-2012, 12:48 AM

This does look dutch to me definitely not ww2 british any markings

**MD Helmets** · 09-06-2012, 01:29 AM

Don't know. Going to look at it now.

**battle gear** · 09-06-2012, 01:47 AM

by helmetone

Don't know. Going to look at it now.

if it's marked VB with a year number it's Dutch

Verblifa, Vereenigde Blikfabrieken (Dutch helmet manufacturer)

**MD Helmets** · 09-06-2012, 03:45 AM

I told the seller it was most likely Dutch and not worth all that much. He opted to just keep it. I'm not disappointed. Thanks for the help.

**emileverbunt** · 09-06-2012, 10:48 AM

Hello Helmetone,

This is most likely a refurbished British lid. The colour and liner are post war Dutch civil defense. Not a Dutch manufactured shell.

Cheers,
Emile

**MD Helmets** · 09-06-2012, 11:23 AM

by emileverbunt

Hello Helmetone,

This is most likely a refurbished British lid. The colour and liner are post war Dutch civil defense. Not a Dutch manufactured shell.

Cheers,
Emile

I have a Dutch refurb lid, British made lid but with a different liner. Color is about the same, too. I could faintly read the markings on the rim, it was a British lid, 1942. He decided to just throw it back on the gun rack.