BRITISH MILITARY P-44 MK IV HELMET TURTLE BACK 1953 DATED D-DAY INVASION HELMET

M.A Stamp: J &J Maxfield & Sons Ltd ( Liner Mfg)

Pattern: 1944

Liner markings: C.C.L III (Christy & Co Ltd III is for the MK III Helmets)

Cond: Very good original helmet

Helmet Mfg: ROC (Rubery Owen Co Ltd)

#4 Stamp: Is a batch # assigned to helmet for quality control

Liner mfg: C.C.L (Christy & Co ltd)

Color: Green textured

Chinstrap: OD

Region of Origin: Great Britain

Modified Item: No

Liner size: 6 3/4

Bales: Swivel

Y Stamped: Indicates steel supplier (Jessop steel Co)

Conflict: WW II (1939-45)

Model: MK IV

Theme: Militaria

Original/Reproduction: Original

Dated: 1953

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Liner: Lift the dot

BRITISH MILITARY P-44  MKIII HELMET (TURTLE BACK) THE HELMET WAS DEVELOPED IN GREAT BRITAIN  BY THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IN 1941 WHICH WAS THE MK III VERSION AND REPLACED AT THE END OF THE WAR BY THE MKIV VERSION. BOTH HELMETS WERE USED SIDE BY SIDE UNTIL 1945 AND THE MK III VERSION WAS OFFICIALLY REPLACED WITH THIS MODEL (MKIV) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO HELMETS ARE THE LINER RIVETS AND THE LIFT THE DOT LINER AND THE COLOR OF THE HELMET WAS CHANGED FROM KHAKI GREEN EARLIER VERSIONS TO A DARK GREY LATER VERSION. THIS HELMET IS DATED 1953 WITH THE GREEN TEXTURED PAINT WITH THE MFG OF ROC (RUBERY OWEN LTD CO) SIZE 6 3/4 LINER IS THE LIFT THE DOT VERSION WHICH WERE REPLACED IN 1944 FROM THE PREVIOUS LINERS THAT WERE BOLTED IN. MFG OF CHRISTY & CO LTD. CHINSTRAP IS OD IN COLOR. THESE HELMETS WERE ISSUED TO MOSTLY ASSAULT TROOPS SUCH AS AT NORMANDY (D-DAY). NICE VINTAGE HELMETS WITH ORIGINAL MARKINGS OF MFG, BATCH NUMBERS AND DATES. LINERS ARE ALSO MARKED WITH MFG AND DATED. NICE ORIGINAL MATCHING HELMET AND LINER THAT DISPLAY WELL.