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ww2 British helmet with part yellow camo. Help needed
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'Post war added green paint.' So, is the 'yellow' underneath possibly war time desert camo? I know little about these either but, obviously, their like 'my grandfathers axe': 'We've repainted it three times and replaced the liner twice but its the same original helmet.'
Might it be a wartime shell with original paint or just a typical post-war, multi-user specimen?
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'Post war added green paint.' So, is the 'yellow' underneath possibly war time desert camo? I know little about these either but, obviously, some are now like 'my grandfathers axe': 'We've repainted it three times and replaced the liner twice but its the same original helmet.'
Might it be a wartime shell with original paint or just a typical post-war, multi-user specimen?
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The sand colour may be original ! But not a nice desert camo over a kaki paint .
In that case it came out in the sand colour from the factory .South African ?
IMO Israeli green paint , i already had some GB para+infantry helmets with that paint , sold in the 80's by STURM SURPLUS in Germany, from Israelian Army surplus .
Nick
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The green and yellow paint are both post-war as already said. The yellow is not an original desert finish for a British helmet, although it could be original to another nation that re-used the shell.
The liner looks like a British post-war Mk III liner that was usually found inside Mk IV 'turtle' helmets, using the lift-the-dot fastening. They are not usually seen inside a Mk II shell like this.
Is there an indentation at the very top of the helmet, where the lining bolt goes into the shell? If so, this could be the sign of a Belgian post-war shell. Original British Mk II shells do not have this indentation.
Matthew
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