Hello and thank you 1314,
Very helpful, but am still insure of what I am holding.
It is a WW2 British made pith helmet with the appropriate war department stamps on the sweatband to support this with a navy blue pagri. So based on what you are saying it isn't Northern Rhodesian Police as t does not have the white and blue triangle. Furthermore, while it does have a blue pagri, it is WW2 and hence pre 1947. So that would leave BSAP which I assume would have SA pith helmets with the exception of those who may have served in Britis units elsewhere in North and East Africa in WW2. If the latter then it would explain the British made pith helmet, however instead of a helmet with the markings of the unit the policeman served in this one has a navy pagri - so it is a British made helmet with British war department stamps with a navy BSAP pagri - did any BSAP serve as BSAP in North or East Africa?
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