I love the tail of the rat story. Classic used car salesman stuff.
I love the tail of the rat story. Classic used car salesman stuff.
Not a rat tails but may be a "Bull tale"
It is sadly the total Bull***t spouted by the ill-informed or more worryingly the downright dishonest.
The black marks are as Rene mentioned above "stacking rings" caused by stacking helmets for long periods of time one on top of the other with nothing between the liner of one and the shell of the other. The material of the liner over time staining the shell of the helmet below with charactristic black rings.
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Agreed, it looks "pimped up".
Plus as we know we should never say never but I don't recall ever seeing South African helmets issued to British units in european green. Happy to be corrected on this point by our resident MkII helmet experts but it would put me off when neither the SA or British are particularly rare without "special features" such as unit markings etc.
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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