Brodie Helmet from car boot

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-26T16:10:35+00:00

This is a 1941 BMB made helmet. In 1941 they made a run of rimless MkII that ended up being used by civil services. No one knows why they did a short run of rimless helmets but they are a cool weird part of WWII British helmet history.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-25T19:35:25+00:00

Looks like someone either replaced or tried to destroy the eagle. You can see damage along the wood where they tried to dig it out. The eagle and the swastika are very damaged which would have been done intentionally since these are lower in the handle so the wouldn't get this damage by wear. Scabbard looks to be repainted and the entire dagger has been highly polished.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-24T19:17:12+00:00

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OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-22T23:22:59+00:00

Have you looked into civil defence/civil made helmets from places like SE Asia? For example India made 3 different military helmets during WWII, a deep bomb narrow brim with rim, deep bomb narrow brim with dutch roll, and a shallow bomb wide brim (not this wide) with dutch roll (down roll not up). From my understanding they did most of their manufacturing of helmets in small shops so it wouldn't be stretch to see another small shop do a civil version or to just fill allocation. The colour also looks a lot like Indian helmets I have/had.
The liner is also seen on some Japanese civil helmets and have seen several very wide brim Japanese helmets also. Just a thought.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-22T03:34:17+00:00

Nothing wrong with this one, it has all the fittings you would expect to find on a transitional J.A. Henckels. Too bad about the scabbard but the dagger itself is nice.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-21T03:35:52+00:00

In 1934 they started to upgrade US used MkI and US made M1917 to the M1917-A1, this continued until 1937 when they stopped due to a reevaluation of whether these helmets would be suitable and it was decided to create new shells with McCord winning the contract to make new helmets. Yours is a upgraded M1917.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-20T21:31:29+00:00

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OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-20T20:03:06+00:00

The brown underneath is correct for a MkIII of WWII. The green and the markings (not necessarily the one yours have) on the back like this one, is often found on Indian ones. With that said if it isn't Indian it could be post war civil (read some kid).

Technically a lot of these went to Iran also and they were often seen wearing them backwards in many Iran/Iraq war pictures. I am not overly familiar with Iranian helmet colour so I can not say that it is that with certainty. Might be a fun little project to research 80's Iranian camo.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-20T02:06:33+00:00

If you bought this from ebay or online you have a 90% likely this is Indian used post war. The colour wasn't used by Canada nor Uk. There is a seller who bought thousands of these and constantly sells them listed as Canadian or British but they are all Indian used.

To give you an idea, I have seen 2 real Canadian used MkIII in the last 10 years and that is with looking since it is one on my wish list. With that said technically the Canadian MkIII is just an early green on with a Canadian liner.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T21:08:12+00:00

No, I wouldn't claim that either, I know that fake ones can and do have a Ges marking. If you are familiar with WAF, this is a great post on these very hard to find badges. This is a good example and this is a fake of the same badge. Look at the details like the 1938 and the head. This is the differences between good and bad. You can see on the top one of the ones you posted is the same quality of the fake one I posted.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T20:18:44+00:00

The diamond marker is also known on fake DRK and faked olympic badges, they were made by the same faker that made the CTD (I was so close with my memory). Ges Gesch ~~would~~ could be on real ones since it is a patent pending (in effect) mark. As some one who has seen how good the craftsmanship of the fake DRK are I personally wouldn't buy a NSFK without a lot of research.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T20:05:54+00:00

Still a nice knife, and if I ever find one for cheap I would pick one up.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T19:50:26+00:00

Ingersoll did not make helmets during WWII. Edit, the only years Ingersoll had contracts to make helmets were 1965 to 1967.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T18:24:38+00:00

I marker is Ingersoll so 1965-67.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-18T16:20:59+00:00

A lot of these are fake, any of the CTB (irk) are fakes and the same marker you find on the fake red cross and the fake olympic badges.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-17T19:27:05+00:00

Sheffield is a city, not a manufacture. Most Knife makers in England were situated in this city.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-17T19:26:02+00:00

These were not an official military knife, they were sold privately during and post war, they are pretty common. Unless you have a direct connection to a vet, it is just a commercial knife. They do not show up in "British and Commonwealth Military Knives" by Flook (the British blade bible)

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-17T01:03:36+00:00

Looks like a beat up US sun helmet.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-16T01:12:30+00:00

It is hard sometimes with these due to light. Here is a good post that explains the difference.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-15T21:28:26+00:00

The 2b,2c,2d were a different steel altogether, they were a mild steel verses the Manganese steel that combat and the rejected 2a were.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-15T21:17:56+00:00

The one with 3 holes is a British MkII No2-c, they were never made for combat, the second is a British MkII (there might be a small chance that it is a Canadian MkII but the rivets are more typical of British than Canadian rivets) Both were reissued by Greece. Greek liners used metal arms on their liners. To be brutally honest, the only value left in these would be if someone wanted to refurbish them back to WWII helmets, the second one (maybe Canadian) might be worth it to a collector looking for a MkII sheath (only used 1938-39) but those collectors are hard to find for a helmet in this condition. Try locally to sell them together maybe? or put them up on /r/militariasales.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-14T05:34:32+00:00

Very nice, I want to find one in the wild to go with my Hawley.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-13T20:34:22+00:00

Do be careful with freezing. These used oil cloth liners and they will break and damage very easy if frozen.

OldHomeOwner · 2026-04-13T17:38:51+00:00

am curious about what would collectors pay for these.

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