Time Capsule WW2 British Infantry Helmet - Found Normandy

If you are looking for a true timecapsule piece from the 1944 Normandy campaign this multi scrimmed 'bocage' camouflage British soldiers helmet may be the one off piece for your D-Day collection.
Originally coming from a house in the Bayeux, Normandy area some years ago this netted helmet displays all of the attributes & unmistakeable original age that one would want to see in an ' as found ' piece such as this. When one carefully examines the netting on the helmet it becomes apparent that the soldier has , ingeniously , applied a burlap type sacking to the helmet with small gauge net over this. This has formed a very effective camouflage in the thick bocage of the Normandy hedgerows as evidenced in period photographs. One can see the tightening strings passing under the net in different areas with the totally undisturbed screw nut just about visible at the top of the helmet. The original khaki factory paint of the helmet can be seen in places with most paint removed from the rim where the net has continuously rubbed around it during heavy use. Interior displays an undisturbed rexene liner with the maker marking & date to shell of 'ROCO 1939' for the firm 'Rubery Owen' . Markings on the liner cradle are obscured through the buildup of age so I have made no attempt to clean this or any other part of the helmet .
Dirty & dusty from prolonged outbuilding storage this is undoubtedly a fabulous piece of history which saw action in the hedgerow hell of Normandy.

Code: 14759