WW2 British Paratrooper Helmet ( HSAT) Mk2 Model 1944 Dated

A rare textbook 1944 dated example of the Mk2 British paratrooper helmet this piece issued with the 'Third model' webbing chinstrap system.
Helmet has its original wartime factory paint to shell with this showing wear to exterior. Liner system still tight to interior & has never been out. Webbing straps show the wartime stitch configuration which is explained in the superb reference by Oliver Lock ' British Airborne Headdress ' . Chincup complete with chamois leather lining. Heavily worn leather sweatband has clear 1944 date , maker 'BMB' & size '7 3/4' . There is dark staining to the band with a couple of sections minus where leather has perished quite possibly due to a head wound . Dome crash pad still present to crown & rubber cushions all intact.
Becoming harder to find now with the all important Normandy & Arnhem applicable 1944 date.

Code: 13871