WW II Canadian Helmets

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    helmutcdn
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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by helmutcdn on Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:43 am

    hi,do not know what it could be a decal?

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by LSR on Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:39 am

    North Nova Scotia Highlanders (3 can inf div).
    Is this helmet in your collection?
    I believe that I 've seen this helmet before.

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by helmutcdn on Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:54 pm

    yes, the helmet from my collection...
    more photos..

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by smle1940 on Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am

    This is my NNSH helmet, I have also a Battledress, will post it later ;-)

    Glenn







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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by jm on Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:36 pm

    Yes LSR (HEnkJan) you seen this helmet. Glen is the new owner, because I have found a very nice MKIII NNSH.


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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by jm on Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:41 pm

    jm wrote:Yes LSR (HEnkJan) you've seen this helmet. Glen is the new owner, because I have found a very nice MKIII NNSH.


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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by LSR on Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:01 pm

    That explians it though.But you must admit that they look very similar (Helmut and Glen's helmets).
    Nice lids guys Very Happy

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by smle1940 on Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:59 am

    LSR wrote:That explians it though.But you must admit that they look very similar (Helmut and Glen's helmets).
    Nice lids guys Very Happy


    Yes Indeed, maybe they painted the helmet while sitting next to eachother Wink haha

    Glenn

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by Haplo on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:39 pm

    My latest purchase.
    A nice CL/C 1942 with RCCoS flash.
    Only the blue part is in good condition.
    The white part is sadly for the most gone.
    But still, original as found.






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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by blitzkrieghenk on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:25 am

    Very nice lids men!!
    I like those helmets wearing flashes.
    @JM very nice mkIII with a excellent NNS flash.
    @Glenn also nice helmet,Ihave seen this helmet before hmmm haha

    grt Rinke

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by Seaforth Highlander on Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:25 pm

    Battalion Colours wrote:


    The helmet with the Seaforth decal (transfer) on it is great and rare. I suspect it is Imperial Seaforths though. I do have two original NOS Gale & Polden decals / transfers for the Seaforths (ex-Pat Smith > Jack Gentle collection) One has the L and coronet, so is officer pattern. Other one is OR like the one shown. That one is 2-1/4" wide. These were bought in Aldershot in WWII by Pat Smith. He also bought vehicle formation sign decals/transfers which I bought from him and still have.

    In 1972 I started and ran the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum and Archives while serving as a junior officer with the regiment. I was Curator for 15 years (three separate "tours") and finally retired from it July 2011 after it had attained Canadfian Forces Museum status. I never saw this decal connected with the Canadian Seaforths. I found two early WWII helmets both named to Seaforth of C COs (Leslie and Stevenson as I recall) - one with painted stag's head and other with decal. One I found in QM stores - we were still using WWII helmets then. So I got an ordinary helmet and traded it for the marked one from the QM for the museum. By the 1970s the Seaforth Association reproduced the wartime helmet decal as a souvenir for members and it is the OR's badge on a tartan patch. I have one on the windshield of my 1944 Willys MB jeep and an unused one in my decals collection.

    A member of this forum has the bulk of the Pat Smith > Colin Stevens > Jack Gentle helmet decals.

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    Re: WW II Canadian Helmets

    Post by helmutcdn on Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:20 am

    RCAMC helmet,maker CL/C 1941

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