Hi All,

I picked this up recently at an estate sale that had a pretty nice selection of WWII items.

My knowledge of Japanese gear is close to nil. Is it correct that this is a WWII era Civil Defense helmet? If so, how can you tell?

Any other info you could share about this piece would be greatly appreciated. In trying to look up other pictures of Civil Defense helmets, I'm not seeing others that have the red circle painted on the front, nor a white numeral like this. Thoughts on that?

Thanks for the help!

-Bosley


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