WW2 Canadian Artillery Bullet Damaged Helmet With Remains Of Insignia

A souvenir of the Normandy campaign this Canadian MkII helmet has remains of a red & blue flash for Artillery to left side & bullet damage to front & back. There is also a name & some initials written to underside of shell which may be dechpierbale upon closer examination.
Helmet has a very typically Canadian thick dark brown handpainted overcoat to exterior with the Canadian green factory finish still visible to underside & interior. Remnants of the red & blue colours of the Artillery are just about still visible with two bullets having entered the helmet from the rear with one having travelled through & across the liner before exiting through the front . The second bullet appears to have entered at a higher trajectory so has exited down & out of the inside. Helmet has markings to its shell underside of ' GSW ' for the firm 'General Steel Wares' with date 1941. Liner is marked 'VMC' for 'Viceroy Manufacturing Company' & dated 1942 . Webbing chinstrap is a British issue but exactly how the helmet came.

Code: 13262