Samhelm Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 I was hoping someone might help me identify this helmet as I am fairly new to collecting British items. I'm fairly sure this is just a standard mkII infantrymans helmet manufactured 1943. I can see the manufacturer is printed as RO COLU but does anyone have any idea who this is? Additionally while I can tell the leather lining was likely a recent refurbishment by the helmets previous owner it has an old leather chin strap which based on its condition appears pre 50's. This was non-standard on mkII's so does anyone know where this could have come from? I was thinking it could have been one of the ones the ones the Dutch replaced when they bought a bunch at the end of ww2 but I couldn't find a reference picture. Any help is massively appreciated, thanks a lot!
Jerry B Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 The maker of the helmet shell is Rubbery Owen & Company. The liner is probably post war Belgian, and I have no idea on the chin strap, but I assume it went in with the liner.
Samhelm Posted December 30, 2016 Author Posted December 30, 2016 I've had another response from someone saying it was more likely a Greek refurbishment. What makes you think it's Belgian as opposed to Greek? Many thanks Jerry.
Jerry B Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 The belgians quite often used brown liners, but it could be Greek
Samhelm Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 I'm fairly sure it's Greek on google imaging the two different refurbishments but many thanks anyway.
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