Headwear

Dark green top and body with red piping. Complete with gilt wire and enamel nation colours cockade with gilding metal national crest in wreath mounted on red felt. Has gilt wire officers cap cords. All matching. Scarce eagle head badge mounted on side of hat. Has liner with sweatshield and makre label circa late 1950 or early 1960. VG condition overall.

Peaked hat complete as pictured. Belived to be Belgian police. Condition GOOD - VG.

British comb top Bobby helmet from the Manchester suburb of Stockport. Complete with leather headband nicely marked, and chinstrap. Queens crown black finish helmet badge. Used, very good condition although the plate on the front of the comb needs to be fastened in place with two badge pins, not included.

Very good condition. ERII cap badge, size 55.

Maroon beret is not original wartime but post war purchase, wool, black silk lined, no label, leather bonded with drawcord. Badge is aftermarket reproduction. Nevertheless, a nice display piece as the originals are hard to find and very expensive.

British Army Post-War Dated 1952 Turtle Military Helmet replaced the famous Brodie helmet shape of the two world wars. Used, good condition complete with original detachable helmet liner. Marked P.R. 1953 on inside of helmet shell.

Original British WW One Mark 1 helmet. Type B, non-magnetic manganese steel shell with rolled rim of mild steel, hence magnetic. There is a stamping in the helmet shell at the front but it is not legible. Chinstrap missing but portions remain connected to the brass wire bail and held with the usual split rivet distinctive of British made Mark 1 helmets. Interestingly this helmet has the red diamond mark of the US 5th Infantry Division which joined WWI in France May 1918. CAUTION, the liner of this helmet may contain asbestos.

Original British WW One Mark 1 helmet. Raw edge, surprisingly uneven as originally made. Maker mark HH/A 55. The HH indicates manufacture by Harrison Bros & Howson Ltd of Sheffield and the A after the slash is the steel supplier Edgar Allen & Co Ltd of Sheffield. The number 55 is a heat treatment lot number. Non magnetic manganese alloy composition helmet shell, therefore the so called Type B version. There are a series of punch marks over the maker mark, unclear what they represent. Leather straps are present but not connected to helmet. Chinstrap bail is brass wire and held with the usual split rivet distinctive of British made Mark 1 helmets. CAUTION, the liner of this helmet may contain asbestos.

Original Great War helmet tan painted with sand mixed in. Non magnetic helmet shell. Shows combat dent at front as shown in photo. Very complete liner including rubber “donut” cushion, with leather chinstrap fragile from age. Superb specimen.

Circa 1960's, cold war era army officer's cap. Classic Eastern European style as illustrated. Complete VG or better condition.

Post 1980 PASGT (Personal Armour System for Ground Troops) Kevlar helmet as issued to Bundeswehr. Unmarked, complete with liner and strapping. VG+ condition.

Early 19th Century, nickel plated with gilt brass mounts and horse tail plume. Original helmet shell with no dents. Rear seam intact, never expanded. Chinstrap is missing the leather which has long since deteriorated. Leather liner and sweat band have likewise suffered over time but are original and have not been altered or restored.

Canadian Mk II combat helmet manufactured by Canadian Motorlamp Company of Windsor, Ontario and marked C.L./C. with date of 1941. All original and complete and in GOOD condition with dent to top and strap fragile from age. Liner size 7 1/2.

Canadian Mk II combat helmet manufactured by Canadian Motorlamp Company of Windsor, Ontario and marked C.L./C. with date of 1942. Complete and in very good condition including chinstrap. Liner size 7, also dated 1942.

Canadian Mk II combat helmet manufactured by Canadian Motorlamp Company of Windsor, Ontario and marked C.L./C. with date of 1942. All original and complete. Shell is in VERY GOOD condition. Fraying to chin strap as shown in photo. Liner size 7.

Canadian made by General Steel Wares of Toronto, Mk II Civil Defence helmet made for Department of Pensions & Health for use by Air Raid Precautions service and marked with a "W" for Warden. Very good condition. Liner is size 7 1/2 and dated 1942.

Original Mk II helmet, very good condition. Unmarked. Liner size 7 1/4.

This Dutch post war clone of the British Mk II helmet made in The Netherlands for a brief period during 1955 and 1956 by Verenidge Blikfabrieken (United Tin Factories) and were supplied to Civil Defence. They were never used by the military. Grey painted with black leather skirt. Rim marked VB56 for factory and year plus a steel batch number 25LN. EXC condition.

Lot of 3 items includes Volkspolezei sidecap and Helfer (Police Helper) armband plus a military sidecap with multi branch service badge on front and red piping. All in excellent condition. Interesting mementos of the Cold War era in Germany.