Hi guys here’s a quirky helmet for you. Through what I have picked up researching the internet and books this was produced sometime in the 1950s to the 1960’s. Originally they just used helmet liners and screwed in a wooden comb to help identify them as enemy forces during war games. The liner would then be unserviceable for combat due to having extra holes in it notcool They then adopted a clip on version of the comb which did no damage to the helmet liner. My thinking with this plastic molded helmet is that it was less top heavy and did no damage to the liners. I have added a WW2 liner to it to see how it fits and it’s a tight fit. It just slightly sits out of the main body of the helmet. I tried a P64 laminated nylon liner and it was a much better fit. I will add some extra pics of the wooden comb version to this thread that I have seen cool militaria
I have just picked up this KM clock that was removed from a M-Class Minesweeper in St Helier Harbour, Jersey, just after Liberation on 9th May 1945.
Does anybody have any knowledge of these?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks.
Good morning everyone. I don’t normally collect Japanese militeria because I’m not well versed in it. I normally stick to German and American militeria. However a seller offered me this flag from a grouping. It was from a marine vets family, he bought the whole lot and I bought most of it from him except this flag. I have no reason to distrust him but I’d rather double check if you guys would help me. From other threads I’ve gone to first I see it has the "prayers and good fortune in war" general slogan. Is the flag and writing original? Is there any writing that anyone can translate? Thanks for the help!
Hi All,
I thought members might find this interesting. I know there have been several posts about WWI British helmet heat stamps and relative dating.
I have two Brodies one is rimless, although in poor shape there is no sign of a tide mark in the paint and the other is a fair conditioned rimmed one.
What is interesting is they are both FS (T. Firth & Sons Ltd of Sheffield, I assume) marked and the numbers are only 4 digits apart FS143 and FS147. However the rimless has a raise F and lowered S and the rimmed has a straight FS.
I have seen somewhere that the alignment of the makers initials may have a bearing on dates. Is this true? Id like to hear any comments.
Also I have included a close-up of the rimless ones paint remnants. The base colour appears to be pale grey, and then it has a light khaki, and then a horrible thick top coat of post-war park bench gloss green.
Is the grey the fabled first grey colour which is often mentioned, which was issued along with the early apple green?
Regards
Steve
Hi All,
I thought members might find this interesting. I know there have been several posts about WWI British helmet heat stamps and relative dating.
I have two Brodies one is rimless, although in poor shape there is no sign of a tide mark in the paint and the other is a fair conditioned rimmed one.
What is interesting is they are both FS (T. Firth & Sons Ltd of Sheffield, I assume) marked and the numbers are only 4 digits apart FS143 and FS147. However the rimless has a raise F and lowered S and the rimmed has a straight FS.
I have seen somewhere that the alignment of the makers initials may have a bearing on dates. Is this true? Id like to hear any comments.
Also I have included a close-up of the rimless ones paint remnants. The base colour appears to be pale grey, and then it has a light khaki, and then a horrible thick top coat of post-war park bench gloss green.
Is the grey the fabled first grey colour which is often mentioned, which was issued along with the early apple green?
Regards
Steve
