Commonwealth MkII Helmet & Liner Manufacturers

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Here's another unknown Mk2 liner maker.

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Shell markings.

[aussie mick]

Cheers Aaron,
Amendments added to list

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Australian and New Zealand Liners and Shell Stamps.
Last 3 are New Zealand Shells.

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Here's the 1944 dated VERO liner

[Steelhead10]

Post war Mk2 liners.
D.R.E.C 1949 -?
CCL ?- 1952-53-?
FFL 1949-1954-?
R.E.M (Remploy Ltd) 1949-55-?

Didn't FFL make liners in 1942-1945 as well?

Edit: never mind I just read the list and it appears they made them WW2 and post war

[aussie mick]

South African,Hemet and liner example.

Helmets were made by the Transvaal Steel Pressing Syndicate Ltd and the liners were made by Jager-Rand Ltd.
The Helmets have no known Manufacturers marks on the shell,however are easy to identify by the 3 holes drilled in rear rim,for supposed use for a Neck Flap (however no proof has been found that this ever was officially used for this purpose)
The liners were stamped on the arms with the size and Jager-Rand with a Broad Arrow within the "U" for Union of South Africa (1910-1961) and date of Manufacture.

[Mark K]

Stamps found in Canadian Viceroy Manufacturing Company (VMC) liners.

Regards Mark

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Here is a Mk1 liner which were first produced in 1937 & made by Helmets Ltd. This one is a size 7, but as you can see the owner has removed the riveted rubber buffers to make it bigger.
The size of the liners came in:6 1/4 - 7 3/4's.
The Mk2 liner introduced in 1939 had removable rubber buffers, which if you had a big head made it easier to remove these buffers.

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Mk2 liner