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British WW1 Royal Artillery Officers steel helmet with hand painted insignia, which appears very well done, either the officer was very artistic and painted it himself, or knew someone who could make a good job of it. Either way, it is an interesting helmet for the collector.
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I really love these helmets:)
Thanks BELLIN68
Your very welcome petey:)
Thanks for looking walksoftly, and AR8Jason
Wonderful!
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That has to be one of the nicest hand painted insignias I have seen in a while.
Thanks Dr_Rambow, have tried to decipher the name in the liner, appears to be Major K J Bigot.
Thanks for looking kerry10456, and blunderbuss2.