WW2 helmet

[jond41403]

It's a front seam helmet so that should mean early war production helmet but are the bales swivel or are they permanently attached? It's hard to tell from the one picture of the bale. It may just be the pictures lighting but the color seems earlier war to me.I'm no expert by any means, I own a late war helmet and it's a darker shade of green and is a rear seam helmet with swivel bales. I also own an early war example that is a front seam helmet with fixed bales and a lighter shade of od. The helmet has to have been made sometime between 1942 and 44 because in 44 they moved the seam to the rear of the helmet and in 42 they changed from fixed bales to swivel bales so yours would land somewhere in between 42 and 44 I would guess.I just looked at your picture closer and noticed you do in fact have swivel bales on a front seam helmet. Even your liner looks early war to me as well because of the unpainted a washers that hold the webbing to the liner. They went to being painted green in 1943.

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