The 1942 C.L./C. was the most widely produced Canadian Mk II of the second world war and I have a few in my collection but when this example came up for sale I knew it was a must and could not take a pass on this example .
It is sporting a VMC II liner in a size 7 1/8 and is nicely C-/l\ marked on the shell,liner and chinstrap the two tone camo net is woven with the deep merrowed edge and it is nicely scrimmed in brown and green oil cloth (America cloth ) and hessian the net has been on the helmet for some time and has left a slight ghost of an impression on the shell from the net.
Of course there is no way to tell how long the net has been on this example for as there is good period evidence in the form of images to support that the Bi color two tone nets were still actively being used the Canadian Army right up till the time they adopted the US M-1 in the 60's and I have had discussions with Vets that can remember using them in to the early 80's on there M-1 helmets but it does display rather nicely on the shelf.
Regards Mark
It is sporting a VMC II liner in a size 7 1/8 and is nicely C-/l\ marked on the shell,liner and chinstrap the two tone camo net is woven with the deep merrowed edge and it is nicely scrimmed in brown and green oil cloth (America cloth ) and hessian the net has been on the helmet for some time and has left a slight ghost of an impression on the shell from the net.
Of course there is no way to tell how long the net has been on this example for as there is good period evidence in the form of images to support that the Bi color two tone nets were still actively being used the Canadian Army right up till the time they adopted the US M-1 in the 60's and I have had discussions with Vets that can remember using them in to the early 80's on there M-1 helmets but it does display rather nicely on the shelf.
Regards Mark
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