WW1 Welsh Regiment Officers Helmet - Gieves & Hawkes Liner

A WW1 private purchase Welsh Regiment officers helmet with Welsh Regiment cap badge to front & high quality Hawkes & Co liner system to interior.
Commissioned officers often had to purchase their own uniforms & equipment the quality of which dependant on the deepness of their pockets. Some had their regiments cap badge affixed to the front or painted insignia applied & some had both or just nothing at all. This fine piece has painted red roundels to each side presumably denoting battalion & overall a rough textured khaki brown paint handbrushed around each. Interior has an impressively made liner system from Hawkes & Co the leather headband goldleaf embossed ' HAWKES'S PATENT SELF-FITTING & VENTILATION LINING ' with patent numbers. Leather chinstrap still supple & in very good condition.

Code: 14596