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"A German V2 rocket from World War II has been found nose down in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour.
Royal Navy divers said it was buried vertically with about 1.5m (5ft) of its tail exposed at low tide.
Bomb disposal teams will look at the rocket at low tide on Friday as they try to work out how much more is buried and if it is still dangerous.
The discovery of the rocket was reported to Essex Police by a local sailing club.
A Royal Navy diving team arrived at the site on Wednesday evening but could not get near it until Thursday morning.
At low tide, the team said, it was about 200m (656ft) from the shore near Harwich Yacht Club." from the BBC website.
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It’s a BMB (no visisble date) helmet with a BMB 1939 liner, in obvioulsy poor condition. The helmet was original black, the outside was painted white/cream at one point and has some marking on the front which I can’t make out. This has been overpainted in yellow and the T.R.O. added back and front.
The strap fixings are off center and have been punched again but as a mirror image, and off center again. Somebody has attempted to clean or preserve it with some sort of oil which has dried, I haven’t bothered to clean it.
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The only yellow painted helmets I know of are the Gas Identification Officers, I have also seen a black one for sale on e-bay (below) a few years ago.
Does anybody know what it could be?
Steve
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