WW2 British Camouflage Netted Paratrooper Helmet ( HSAT) Mk2 Model 1944 Dated

A very good condition 1944 dated example of the Mk2 British paratrooper helmet this piece issued with the 'Third model' webbing chinstrap system.
Helmet has its original wartime factory paint to both inner & outer shell with liner system still tight to interior having never been out. Webbing straps show the wartime stitch configuration which is explained in the superb reference by Oliver Lock ' British Airborne Headdress ' . Chincup complete with chamois leather lining. The leather sweatband is in very good hardly worn condition & has clear 1944 date , maker 'BMB' & size '7 1/2' . Dome crash pad still present to crown & rubber cushions all intact showing only minor age. . There is light service wear overall but with very good internal rubber pads & no postwar pen written names to leather band. Leather liner still supple with liner band tight to shell. Upon lifting the leather headband there are 23 dashes drawn onto the leather by a previous owner perhaps signifying his number of jumps or some other tally known only to him. Original camouflage net still in place.
Becoming harder to find now with the all important Normandy & Arnhem applicable 1944 date.

Code: 14226