Posted 1 year ago
petey
(298 items)
Another chainmail visor, late WW1 on a British helmet, this one spring loaded, so it could be easily brought down over the face in a hurry.
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Woah, tiny images. These helmets with the visor are really neat, I'd love to see the full size images.
Dr Rambow, new pictures posted as requested (don't know what went wrong with the others ! )
Great new pictures! Thank you. What happened to the paint in the first picture, graffiti?
The paint is worn where the visor flips up against the helmet
Oh, that's kinda neat then. I thought it looked like someone went at it with sandpaper. Really isn't that far from the truth given that chainmail is probably abrasive.
Thanks for looking Dr_Rambow, scottvez, tlmbaran, Chrisnp, Ethologist and JueBoo. A bit late in the thanks, one I must have missed. Better late than never!
Thanks for looking BELLIN68.
In WWI they used to wear chain mail visors in the tanks. The armour was basically sheets of wrought iron. When it was hit by bullets flakes of metal would spall off on the inside and fly around inside the tank. Not big enough to kill you but big enough to blind you. This must be one of those helmets. The attrition rate in tanks was incredibly high so this must be pretty rare.
Very cool helmet. You have quite the collection of helmets.
Trenchartman
Thanks for the love lovedecanters.
Thanks for the love Trenchartman, yes the collection seems have got quiet big, without me realising, but I have been collecting for a lot of years. I will just keep posting them on here, it will be interesting to see just how many there are!
Your welcome petey:)