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Code: 15055

WW1 German Battle Damaged Camouflage M16 Helmet

A wonderfully original & untouched WW1 German three colour camouflage helmet with shrapnel hole straight through the top left front side & an original totally period chinstrap adapted from an ersatz pickelhaube.
This helmet has been painted in green , tan ochre & brown segments all seperated by black dividing lines. The hole to the top appears to have been caused by a depleted velocity...  read more

Code: 15045

WW2 British Airborne Beret With Rare 1942 Date

A scarce 1944 dated 'been there' British Airborne/ Paratrooper beret with original Royal Artillery collar badge still affixed. These were routinely worn on berets and GS caps . I have left the badge in situ as it was found this has been on it for a very long time & likely wartime original.
This is a nicely service used example made by the classic maker 'Kangolwear' & whilst the date 194...  read more

Code: 15042

WW2 British Camouflage Netted MK.1 Paratrooper Helmet 1943

**Rare Mk1 HSAT With Leather Straps***
A fabulous camouflage netted textbook example of the Mark 1 Helmet , Steel Airborne Troops ( HSAT) dated 1943.
This is the classic Airborne helmet as worn by British Paratroopers & Glider Troops on D-Day & at the Battle of Arnhem . Dated 1943 it is not beyond the realms of impossibility that this helmet may well have been worn during one of ...  read more

Code: 15047

WW2 British RAMC Mk1* Helmet 1938

A 1938 production British army helmet with insignia to side of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
This helmet is a true Mk1* as evidenced by its turned back chinstrap lug configuration & of rimless manufacture. Finished in rough textured factory khaki paint to outside & smooth to underside the liner cradle bears the clear 1938 date with 'VERO' maker . Underside of shell rim marked 'A/V'.  read more

Code: 15052

WW1 British Named RFC Maternity Tunic To Shot Down & Captured Pilot

This wonderful plastron fronted tunic is in the wrapover 'maternity' style so called for its resemblance to clothing worn by pregnant women. There is a ' Hawkes & Co, Saville Row ' tailors label to the inside breast pocket giving the date . There is also a two digit number which , as officers did not have service numbers in WW1 , would likely be the tailors reference for this man so as his mea...  read more

Code: 15046

WW2 British Paratrooper Helmet ( HSAT) Mk2 Model 1943

A rare textbook camouflage scrim netted 1944 dated example of the Mk2 British paratrooper helmet this piece being one of the first issued with the ' Third model' webbing chinstrap system.
Helmet has its original wartime factory paint to shell with this showing heavy wear to exterior. Webbing straps show the wartime stitch configuration which is explained in the superb reference by Olive...  read more

Code: 15048

WW1 British '08 Bayonet Frog With Helve Strap

In very good order.  read more

Code: 15049

WW2 British Second Pattern Denison Smock - Pre 1945 Dated

A WW2 British Airborne forces Denison smock in its original wartime configuration.
Although many are 1944 dated or after they were introduced in 1943 this example being one such example with a WD inspectors stamp which is N coded for 1943. Most likely manufactured late of that year or early 1944 the clothing is washed out . The 'DOT' half zip is in good working order with green woollen ...  read more

Code: 15043

WW1 British '08 Pattern Smallpack 1917

With green blanco & in good condition.  read more

Code: 15050