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10-08-2022 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by
BEAR
Interesting that it had a sticker with "Made in
Canada".
Interesting to me because the liner has the marking "CCL" which until now I hadn't been able to identify as British or British Commonwealth origin. I've got 2X MK2 steel helmets, both WW2 dated but both with post WW2 liners and both liners marked "CCL". I suspected that they might be Canadian but neither liner has any marking to indicate this. Reasonable now to assume that the liners are Canadian after seeing the above.
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Hadn't thought about it before, but the foam liner of the para helmet must have made blows to the head much less unpleasant than when wearing the standard helmet; especially blows from fast moving bits of metal.
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Well, now I am confused. I have accepted the fact that helmet is a post war British paratrooper helmet because of the CCL stamped on the liner and chin strap and the stand-alone Broad arrow. What I don't know is what CCL stands for! Flying10uk and some other sources state it stands for Christie & Co, LTD, but different sources say it is Charles Collet. LTD.
Does anyone have any definitive proof either way.
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Originally Posted by
BEAR
What I don't know is what CCL stands for! Flying10uk and some other sources state it stands for Christie & Co, LTD, but different sources say it is Charles Collet. LTD.
Both could be correct because, notice, there is also a "2" in the abbreviation that I found, i.e. "C C L 2". Obviously the "2" means something and something that it could mean is to differentiate between 2 manufacturers with the same initials. Like you suggest what we need is someone who is able to confirm the meaning of "CCL" (2).
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Originally Posted by
Flying10uk
Both could be correct because, notice, there is also a "2" in the abbreviation that I found, i.e. "C C L 2". Obviously the "2" means something and something that it could mean is to differentiate between 2 manufacturers with the same initials. Like you suggest what we need is someone who is able to confirm the meaning of "CCL" (2).
Very good possibility
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