Here is one I love for its’ honesty & basement or attic look. The patina on this is to die for. No post war handling wear, never in a collection before I grabbed it. The liner is still soft & pliable due to it being 1939 dated & constructed of somewhat quality leather , plus the fact they applied an ET style decal, leads me to think it was a very early issue M40 from EF before they settled on their own "house decal" a little later on which was the HJK. But EF helmets wore a variety of decals throughout the war

Love the way the decal chipped like it did. Typical poor quality application I think. EF was known for this & other issues as far as quality control.

I got laughed at when I bought this…don’t know why, I think it lovely !!

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