A First War 26Th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick Battalion" Helmet Archive 43cm (17") in length

43cm (17") in length

July 1942 in Berlin

dated 1944 on reverse

leather is flexible and shows wear

A First War 26Th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick Battalion" Helmet Archive 43cm (17") in length2nd Canadian Division: British made, steel, non magnetic, in brownish green, red square above a navy blue rectangle painted on the front, the circle representative of the 26th Infantry Battalion, the rectangle representative of the 2nd Canadian Division. The protective edge of the helmet in a magnetic steel. Inside, steel framed cradle supporting a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support and leather backer, mesh support with drawstring,