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 those famous operations. A helmet that exudes history , it has its original wartime khaki granulated factory paint visible underneath the net with leather straps intact. The leather liner band is in good order with rubber covered felt & maker 'BMB' ( Briggs Motor Bodies ) & date 1943 as well as the size '7'.
There is service wear to inside of the helmet & some age cracking to the long end of the chinstrap which has been very subtly collector repaired this only noticeable upon close inspection.

Code: 14051