Anyone know what kind of helmet this is?

[Pim]

I recently purchased a helmet, and was wondering if anyone of you knew what kind it was.







It looks like some kind of english helmet to me, but i'm not an expert.

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[browningautorifle]

Looks like a newer English Brodie...

[Pim]

Thanks for the quick reaction

[bolo]

after WWII many countries continued using the British MKII Brodie style helmets, is the paint green or possible a desert tan? because many of these were used by the Israelis and painted a desert tan color.

[Aragorn243]

Could be anything but the markings should be able to tell you who made it. Look up Brodie manufacturers. I picked one up a few months ago that turned out to be Canadian.

[Paul S.]

It may be a Belgian helmet.

[Flying10uk]

Did Belgium use any of the British style of Brodie helmet other than those which operated from the U.K. after the fall of their own country to the Nazis? I thought that Belgium used the French style of helmet normally or did they use both???

[browningautorifle]

Yes Belgium did use these too but I don't think they made their own. They had a bit of everything through time, as you say the Adrian as well. They had a few really neat helmets including a home produced paratroop version that looked much like an M1C or M2 but just a tad smaller in stature. A very compact and serviceable helmet I'd have liked to have worn for service...

[Flying10uk]

I do have a French Adrian helmet and when I tried wearing it I was surprised just how comfortable it felt, for a steel helmet.

[browningautorifle]

how comfortable it felt

Considering how far back they made them and all...