MkI REFURB 1937/38

[tinlid]

Carrying on from Volksjager's MkI this one turned up today. A WW1 MkI that was refurbished in 1937/38 with the MkI liner, MkI lining securing nut & bolt, & MkII chin strap lugs. It also has the stainless steel rim.
Painted inside with smooth khaki green, outside khaki gritty matt. The shell is stamped HS 462 ( Hadfields Ltd Jan'1916-19) the liner is dated 1937 & made by HELMETS Ltd. For me this is the helmet of the BEF & Dunkirk in 1939/40 as most of the pictures show this helmet being worn.
It's a bit rusty & worn but an extremely hard one to find.
Aaron

[VolksJager]

Very nice mate. As you said a hard one to find of an early war lid with the BEF

Cheers
Jason

[Jerry B]

Nice early refurbished lid.

[Nitram]

Thanks for sharing. Interesting piece of kit.

Nitram

[NCA]

Nice.I think im starting to see the subtle differences between ww1 period helmets and ww2 made ones(markings aside).In particular your third picture.

[Tinhat]

Nice piece of history.

[moaning minnie]

nice lid Aaron these refurbs are actually rarer than ww1 mk 1 rimmed brodie,as so many were lost at dunkirk,along with early 38 dated mk2's will have to keep looking.dave

[Hoffmann]

Cool man!
Really like it

[ppp p]

Very nice and hard to find MkI*, Aaron!
My MkI* is below




Piotrek

[tinlid]

Hi Piotrek, I wonder why yours has been painted blue/grey inside, & is that khaki matt outside. Are your chin strap lugs dated or not like mine. A nice late WW1 early WW2 helmet.