Can anyone help with any info this Brodie helmet I picked up this week, I haven't managed to take the net cover off yet because it is tight and I cannot undo the small not in the hessian string.
Brodie ID please
Can anyone help with any info this Brodie helmet I picked up this week, I haven't managed to take the net cover off yet because it is tight and I cannot undo the small not in the hessian string.
Liner appears top be WWI, though the chinstrap lugs look odd and are not WWI British or US, I think. The net looks WWII or later. How is the liner attached at the top, rivetted or screw/bolt?
Perhaps a put together or a refurb.
Regards,
Jerry
Whateverits just an opinion.
Just looks like a split pin with a flat head, how early is the liner I do have a rimless helmet with no liner.
z4
Looks to be a ww2 British helmet and net, the liner I'm not sure about. Either a ww1 liner or post ww1, or maybe it's a ww2 private purchase liner.
Does the liner have a rubber ring under the felt or a red patent stamp under the black lining? Both are typical for a MKI liner.
Tony
Picture of the stamp, there is no rubber ring.
z4.
Would this liner be the right one for a rimless helmet I have, see link.
British helmet, id?
...kinda looks like a good liner....and good helmet......but from different wars.....but what do I know....
If there's no rubber ring and no sign of the ring being removed then it should be a pre-May/June 1917 manufactured liner.
I've never owned or handled a proper rimless WWI British helmet but thought they had a 6 leaf liner.
That net has to come off to see what's going on underneath, or is it fragile? An old soldier may have used his more 'comfortable' (my opinion only) WWI liner in a private purchase WWII helmet or maybe he was home guard. Who knows when the net was added but signs of aging might be visible on the shell.
Tony
Couple of pictures with the net removed.
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