Hi Simon,
The band is secured at the back by hooks and eyes but the chinstrap buttons are sewn through the band rendering it impossible to remove without cutting off the buttons. So it may have started out as removable but was secured by sewing the buttons down as I suspect loose the band was prone to slipping. There is ghosting behind the buttons suggesting that they were applied some time ago. The removed liner would indicate use in Salonika where the 1/1st LBH A and D Sqns served.
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Originally Posted by Hawthorn
That's what I thought Jerry but also appears to have had the chin strap buttons pushed through the band.
Simon
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