swampygibbo Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hello all Can anyone tell me the age of this or if it's British or US? I've had a read of the thread on identification (really good by the way) but i think the numbers may be too worn for my eyes . (Think it says 201 with maybe a H above it.) Plus has anyone ever seen the painted numbers inside before? If so what can they tell us about this? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Welcome to the forum Swampygibbo, Leon and Gildwilder are the British and US Brodie helmet specialists, I'm sure they will be able to help. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Hello swampygibbo, Welcome to the forum. First of all, the helmet is a British make, not a US one. The easiest way to tell is look how the bales that held the chinstrap. The British types used a split pin as shown in your photo. The US types used a rivet (see image below). I can see a heat stamp on the out rim, this is on the underside. Can you provide some close ups? If we can read this stamp, it's possible we can tell you more information. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Welcome Swampygibbo, I've copied and enhanced your image and blown it up but still can't make out the letter above the heat number, Looking at the stamp mark style it could be a HV stamp mark which would be W.Hutton & Sons Manufacture/Vickers Steel Supplier, You could try rubbing some talc/baby powder over the marks or lightly rubbing with wet and dry sandpaper or fine wire wool to enhance the marks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampygibbo Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Hey All Thank you all so much for your help. I used the powder and that did the trick a very faint HV appeared. I've tried taking a photograph of it but my camera (as previously seen) is really quite naff. Its brilliant to know where this came from. Does anyone have any ideas on the painted numbers on the inside? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Glad the powder did the trick, I've seen painted numbers on some helmet shells before, no idea why they would put them there as once the felt pad and liner are fitted you would not see them, could be these were added post war? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Here's another HV stamped helmet that has been paint stamped with the soldiers name and id number on the inside rim. Photo from other sources. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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