BRITISH or AMERICAN CHILDS HELMET ?? ( WH INITIALS) ??

**tony75** · 10-09-2013, 09:55 AM

Hello
what are your thoughts on this helmet I was thinking air raid warden ??
a little smaller than a doughboy but not much
thank you for your time and help
Tony

**James C** · 10-09-2013, 08:22 PM

this looks a nice period piece tony ,im not familiar with this style helmet but all looks good to me

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-22-2013, 12:09 PM

Moved to the correct forum.

**douglas2496** · 10-22-2013, 12:23 PM

I have never seen one before, probably rather rare.

**Steelhead10** · 10-30-2013, 06:07 PM

the shell looks like a dutch one for some reason because it has no visable chinstrap rivets and the rim is smaller on the dutch one than the British one ( i know because iv got a dutch one and a British one )

**stuka f** · 10-30-2013, 06:41 PM

Nice lid!

**BillinVA** · 11-08-2013, 04:20 PM

IIRC, these were made by the Louis Marx toy company in the 1920s. I have one in my collection (note to self...need to photograph this one) and have seen quite a number of them in various paint schemes.