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I'll second that!

Thanks for the clarification Ade.

Here's my latest, a MKI* probably used on the home front There's nothing to suggest who might have used it but it's a very dark green and almost appears to be...

Interesting to me too in fact, I wish I had come across home front helmets when I first started collecting instead of only recently gaining an interest in WWII.

If you get the chance can you post...

And the HQ helmet which has a strange looking securing bolt for the liner so probably not original to the helmet.

I've just picked up two MKII helmets, one of the is a plain warden helmet and the other has HQ painted to the front. A home guard helmet maybe?

Tony

Chris,

It looks like a MKI that's lost the edging around its brim, it's British and was probably made from 1916 onwards. If it had the rubber ring under the leather strap in the dome (under the...

So, that's what I've been spending my money on over the last few weeks as well as this net. It has an almost stiff dry waxy feel to it and only just fits because I can’t pull the drawstring any...

The warden helmet is another I’ve asked opinions about so was shown last week but here it is again in a sticky for reference. Originally green, then black before being promoted to head warden.

Next up is a 1940 JSS army helmet, this is my first MKII army and I like it, I think it’s one of those things I’ll never move on.

Tony

Mark K made a comment wondering if the hessian cover I have is WWI or WWII, this made me try it out on a MKI and the wear around the cover where it sits on the rim fits with the MKI, I also like the...

Here are a couple of helmets I recently bought, I’ve shown the MKII's when asking for opinions and thought as they’re good I’ll add them to this thread.

First up though is a MKI Brodie in pretty...

Ah yes, that has sunken in so when he said it I just said to myself that he means the colour used on helmets early on in the war whether textured or not, or perhaps he's not sure what he's talking...

Speak of the devil :)

Thanks Aaron.

What I might do is take a better photo during the week and hope the shade of green comes out a bit better.

Tony

Mark,

I bought it as being early Brit army green while in the UK last week, the dealer did say it was the colour used on Dunkirk helmets and as I have very little idea about WWII colours I had to...

Thanks Mark,

Now that you mention it, I do remember Aaron saying the same in a thread somewhere here.

Do you know if the colour matches the early wartime helmets? I don't get to see...

:) No worries, I got the photos mixed up and was fiddling around editing.

And the green warden's helmet.

Tony

Here are two helmets I’ve just bought and just wanted to ask a couple of questions about them.

The first one was originally green, the outside has been painted over black and the remains of the W...

If that's the case I think I should have started collecting MKII's years ago instead of WWI stuff. I'll probably get myself one or two more and hopefully I'll see something nice when I visit the UK...

Aaron, do you or anyone else know who was responsible for painting the 'W' on helmets? Those I've seen which aren't many, all appear to be slightly different in either size or font. I'm wondering if...

Here’s a home front helmet that has just arrived, a black warden’s helmet made by Ro Co in 1943 with a MKIII chinstrap and in very good overall condition apart from a dry liner.

Oh and the liner...