British Pre WW2 helmet help/advice needed

[mnmkeller]

So i purchased this at auction not being sure of the origin country or really much of anything.

We were leaning towards Belgian but were pleasantly surprised that it is British. Based on appearances we think it was preww2 production with a 1945 liner that is cracked but intact.

The outer paint is the dark green post ww2 color that is common. However there are visible areas of white peeking out from under the dark green so is this likely a wardens helmet that was put back into service?

Some have said "it is a common helmet with nothing special about it so don't bother asking questions" but to be honest if my thinking is that even a wardens helmet has more history than a random repurposed model.

Thoughts, comments, suggestions about how to do a restore?

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