Home Front Steel Helmet Markings

[GTB]

An eye opener to the plethora of steel helmets utilised by various WW2 organisations. Scan may require magnification in order to scrutinise small and light detail, also considering that it is a scan of a copy. Unfortunately, I cannot at the moment recall the primary source bur I suppose it must have originated from a volume, considering the page number.

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[Mike Jackson]

Given that it is page 1276, presumably this page came from that 12 (?) volume illustrated history of World War 2 (I may have it in my garage). Mike

[GTB]

Definitely not from "The War Illustrated", each volume has only approx 700 pages, and numbering is at top right. Besides, the size of the page copied is slightly smaller. I do recall photocopying from a loose source, probably a weekly magazine, but for the life of me I just can't remember what.
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[BWEF]

That looks very much like the chart of helmet markings in "The Second Great War", edited by Sir John Hammerton.

I don't have time to check all 9 volumes as I have visitors today.

I will do so in future, unless somebody else beats me to it.

[Rob Miller]

That's correct BWEF, its in volume 4.

Rob

[GTB]

Thanks for locating. Saved me a lot of mental rummaging.

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[2 Black Bands]

I appreciate this is an old thread but I've been drawn to it by the page from Hammerton which shows 35-ish helmet markings. Like others here I've seen and/or handled and/or owned and/or photographed well over 1,000 differently marked Home Front Helmets in my time and I've calculated that I see a new one at least once a week.....and I'm getting on...oh, and this weeks was at Military Odyssey (Black [over-painted], white "W/R" over top of an originally blue shell with "POLICE" stencil....'assuming it's an odd/local War Reserve but who knows....)

It really seems to be an endless task but they simply keep appearing in period pics or from attics or collections (or, sadly, from workshops still smelling of paint!). That said, the good ones still outnumber the "enhanced" ones...for the time being at least. As has already been picked up here in another thread, I've been trying to capture/catalogue these things before they drift away....and I'm now ruling that work off. But as I'm constantly reminded by some (well, mostly by Postwarden ) that there's always a second book!

I appreciate that these things weren't worn by black-clad hordes tearing towards Moscow...or by brave chaps throwing themselves down onto bullet ridden foreign sand...but for a while at least they WERE on a front line of sorts and I think they deserve a bigger slot than they've had for a while.

Finally, I never tire of seeing new (not new new!) examples.......hint hint....and Jerry B's thread is a great place to start...or PM me