Ive Been Offered some Interesting Items
Article about: Hello Everyone, A friend of mine is offering me this bellows, gas mask, and helmet that he recently picked up. The helmet came with this woven basket cover. Has anyone ever seen something li
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the basket is a normal basket not the inside of an pith helmet, the mask is civil the bellows I have no idea and the helmet needs more photos even if at first glance I don't like the liner.
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Great, thanks for the reply. I’ll try to get more photos of the helmet.
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That’s interesting. I’m wondering if some GI just put the helmet in the basket to ship them both home. Seems more likely, although not impossible, than the idea of a Japanese soldier using it for camouflage.
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Bellows dated Showa 11.
昭十一
Sho 11 [1936]
--Guy
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Guy, thanks for the translation
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