Dispatch riders Fibre rim helmet

[smle1940]

Brought this home today from a local fair... Hope u all like it ;-)

[JUBILEE42]

Brought this home today from a local fair... Hope u all like it ;-)

Of course I do! very nice one with superb paint and patina

Best
Thierry

[pzrwest]

Very nice dispatch riders helmet.... congrats

[upbeek]

Nice helmet , alot of work went into the construction of these which is surprizing for a British item !

[SMP]

Very nice ! The shell has signs of a removed top pad, which means it may have been a para lid at one time.

[tinlid]

Normally people use DR helmets to fake para helmets, but it's been done in reverse for some reason.
If you can, can you have a look on the inside shell to see if there is an yellow blob of paint, might be where the liner is fixed to the shell so might have a job to find it.

[smle1940]

Normally people use DR helmets to fake para helmets, but it's been done in reverse for some reason.
If you can, can you have a look on the inside shell to see if there is an yellow blob of paint, might be where the liner is fixed to the shell so might have a job to find it.

I'll try to find it, and what kind of reason do you mean then?
I hope this is a good example I've bought...

Glenn

[SMP]

I'll try to find it, and what kind of reason do you mean then?
I hope this is a good example I've bought...

Glenn

It is a good one, don't worry. Dispatch rider helmets don't have a top pad. We think they used a fibre-rim paratrooper helmet shell to make your dispatch rider helmet. You can see the chalk mark and black glue circle where a top pad used to be in this helmet.
The liner and bolts are dispatch rider. The shell is ex-paratrooper.

Super helmet

[smle1940]

But the replacement was done war-time then?

or was it a shell that was produced and mentioned to be a para example, but actually they made a DR helmet of it... Or was it a para one for a short time period and then a soldier converted it?

maybe difficult to say, but I'm still learning about those 'fibre rims'...

Glenn

[smle1940]

Dispatch rider helmets don't have a top pad.

Does anyone has an example to post?

[tinlid]

The HSAT had the crash pad in the top of the helmet while the HSDR didn't have one.
Also all the HSDR that I've seen, the four nuts & bolts that hold the liner in place, the bolts have been snipped off so they don't protrude past the nut. While all of yours have not been cut & protrude past the nut. I suppose if the rider had a crash & banged his head against the inside of the helmet he might come into contact with them.

[SMP]

Also all the HSDR that I've seen, the four nuts & bolts that hold the liner in place, the bolts have been snipped off .....

These have been snipped, Aaron.

[tinlid]

You might be right, just that mine are cut right back to the nut. Could be the close up pictures that make them look longer.

[SMP]

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[SMP]

No top pad .