Help identifying a helmet please...
Article about: Hi, this is my first post here so hopefully i'm not breaking any rules... I'm returning to the hobby of militaria collecting having enjoyed it when I was a teenager (pocket money medals and
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It looks Canadian, but the screw that holds the liner on is upside down, the slotted part ( the screw) should be on the outside, while the domed bit ( the nut) should be on the inside.
Many times when people take the liners out, they have trouble putting the screw back in the correct way..it is easier to put it together with the screw reversed.
Dean O
Canada
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Hi there, welcome to the forum. It is certainly an original helmet. It looks like a British WW2 home front type to me, but there are others here with greater expertise on these types. I am assuming the colour is grey? You should find a date mark on the cross shaped peice that secures the liner to the helmet (you will need to lift up the liner flaps to see it. It will probably be dated from the early war period.
I am not familiar with Canadian helmets and Dean may well know better than me, it does differ in the liner and chinstrap details from the British helmets in my collection.
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Well I am almost sure that's a Canadian Screw on the top, however, photos of the screw from the inside would be helpful
Dean O
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Fair enough, does the original poster live in Canada? and can you confirm the colour of the helmet please?
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Yes that is a Canadian Screw for the liner, as far as I know the British screw head is much smaller.
Please check the front and back of the bottom of the lip that goes around there should be some markings.
The chinstrap is not a Canadian type that I have seen. Mark K should know more about this one.
Dean O
Canada
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Great expert info from Mark there, and I have learned something. If the helmet is a greenish color it is presumably military issue rather than home front.
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I knew Mark would nail, I bow to your greater knowelge!!!
So I have learned something for this thread myself, I never knew the British used this sort of screw and nut.
Dean O Humbled
Canada
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