WW2 South African Desert Camo MKII Helmet

An untouched, all original WW2 South African MKII variant combat helmet that still retains all of its heavy texture camouflage paint finish.
This pattern helmet was worn by S.African, British and Commonwealth troops during the Western desert and Italian campaigns.
This helmet differs to its British made counter-part by having three holes in the rear skirt, used for attaching a protective neck flap to avoid direct heat from the sun, the metal rim edging is joined on the side and not at the rear and the chinstrap bales are attached using the WW1 split pin method.
There are storage stacking marks present (black marks) on the outer shell and paper remnants to the rim of the liner, again from long term stacking.
The liner cradle bears the Jager-Rand company mark as well as a year date 1943, unfortunately one of the cradle arms has become unattached near the rim but the liner remains firm, the black Rexene tongues are now stiff with age but flexible enough to mount onto a display head, original sprung sided webbing chinstrap, now with some stain marks.
Even with damage to the one cradle arm this still remains a most pleasing desert camo MKII and would make a wonderful display piece.
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Code: 50885