Thoughts bout this helmet please..

[tistou48]

Bought recently, cld u guys tell me your opinion.. Sold as belgium piton brigade volunteer..















We can read 1942 on the attached of the helmet

[Graham G]

this is th CLOTH headgear forum. either go to the helme sction or the other european countries section.

[tistou48]

thanx for ur kind advice and the gentle way u used to let me know i used the wrong forum

[ROBB]

Lol , you need to put it in the British or International forum . The Belgium folk used Tommy helmets post war with the flag on the side . Better photos would ne needed , Rob

[Bond]

Sorry, but you need to post better pics and include any markings on the shell and liner.

It's not a post war Belgian made example, but whether it is war time Belgian used or post war Belgian used will be hard to say. The flash looks hand painted whilst from what I remember the post war flashes are usually a decal.

Jerry

[48RMC]

Bought recently, cld u guys tell me your opinion.. Sold as belgium piton brigade volunteer..

I think that you mean brigade Piron, a piton lives in the swamps and has nothing to do with the Belgian brigade

[stray_dog]

Sorry, but you need to post better pics and include any markings on the shell and liner.

It's not a post war Belgian made example, but whether it is war time Belgian used or post war Belgian used will be hard to say. The flash looks hand painted whilst from what I remember the post war flashes are usually a decal.

Jerry

I 'll second that! From what I see the liner also looks like a correct British/Commonwealth one, not like the brown post war Belgian ones, but even if it is wartime dated, you may never know that it originally belongs to the helmet, since it's very easy to change this part.

I guess that some provenance would be the only way to be sure about it.

Best regards,
Giorgos

PS: Try using the macro feature of your camera while taking photos of the details!