WW2 Stenciled Anchor Hlmet-? about markings under liner

[FightenIrish35]

Greetings all,
I was looking over my stenciled anchor helet today a bit more carefully and noticed there were markings underneath the liner flaps on the leather area. Faded,but kind visible enough. Underone pad is one Kanji letter. And under a seperate liner pad the is a kanji leter or maybe the number 2? Is this normal for the later naval helmets? Can anyone translate the markings for me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much and enjoy the rest of the week fellas!!

[Jareth]

I'd say those were hand written , personal marks. What kind of crazy net is that?

[AK101]

It says:

"Please keep original helmet cover with helmet"

[FightenIrish35]

hahah..too sheyyy lol

Thanks Jareth.Jareth the net is very cool. Its 110 percent original to the helmet. Im guessing it has got to be a very late war net as the helmet came back from Okinawa furing the war. Ive never seen quit a net like this before. It actually still retains 2 original pieces of scrim.

The one kanji almost looks like the kanji for the size large...but this has another stroke going threw the middle top area. The other one looks like a number...I know the navy used numbers alot so maybe it relates that way. Can anyone make out the kanji symbols? Thank you so much guys for your help and thoughts.
Ive looked threw the forum for postings on stenciled anchor helmets to learn about them but havnt found that many. Can anyone help me locate some threads or sites on details and info of this model. Ive started to really admire the later naval helmets.

[Jareth]

Mike, I'd say kanji is family name of owner. I'm still not in love with net because drawstrip is obviously a replacement that you'll never know when it was added & the top of net with different guage/thickness string gathering around top hole just isn't right. Did you do a board search for more late navy helmets? Some great examples have been posted, Very minor variations with these...yellow stencil over rivet & yellow stencil & then shell color rivet placed after stencil. Liners run from leather, pig skin , gray suede & multiple color pads.

[FightenIrish35]

Thanks Jareth...I fiddled around with the advanced search and was able to find a tonnn of examples and variations,there really is a lot of variants of the stenciled anchor itself.

I catch what you are regarding to about the top. As the top "knot" part is missing as has what looks to be an added piece of material. Its hard to tell from the pictures but the rope type material that had replaced the knot seems to be the same construction as the net. It has the same wear that the rest of the netting has. I would have to say this was done in the field as a repair rather then post war by the veteran to hold it together to display. I purchased this right from the family and this had been in the box of things that her father in law brought back from the end of the war.And she didnt really know what this was besides a helmet. Yet,Even though It most likely is a field repair during the war,the truth is we will never know really when it was replaced,like you stated . Ive posted some photos for some closer views of the top net,scrim,and wear on knot area where hay is still intact.

[Ryukyutunnelrat]

Mike, nice helmet. All the naval helmets from Okinawa that i have seen or handled have all been the painted anchor ones. David.