1939 Home front MK2 Helmet
Article about: I literally picked this helmet up at a fair this morning at 10am! I will add this helmet to the large dedicated thread later, I may take out door photos for that thread. My first MK2 helmet
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Probably an Army one then, I still don’t know a whole lot about these helmets.
Actually if it came with his black watch regiment cap then it’s definitely army then, should of sussed that myself!
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Jb4046
Probably an Army one then, I still don’t know a whole lot about these helmets.
Actually if it came with his black watch regiment cap then it’s definitely army then, should of sussed that myself!
Even as an army helmet, it's a top end example. Virtually all the paint remains, and the liner and chinstrap are in great shape. Not sure how much you paid for this one, but if you paid the Home Front price for a military lid, you got a great deal on it.
B.B.
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As a general rule, smooth painted khaki green helmets were used on the home front. Army issued helmets were textured khaki green which helped stop a glare off the helmet. It's become a bit of a myth to say these shiny ones were used by the BEF, the vast majority of helmets used by the army at that time would have been the Mk1*, And none of them would have been shiny.
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Thanks for elaborating on the topic tinlid!
Either way I still really like this helmet.
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