28th Mar, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 63
 

63

A Second World War Air Ministry Leather 1st Pattern C Type Flying Helmet, with velvet lined...

A Second World War Air Ministry Leather 1st Pattern C Type Flying Helmet, with velvet lined inner brim, chamois liner faintley stamped No.4 and with size 7 ?-7?, with doughnut ear cushions, the externally wired receivers with rubber mounts, the chinstrap with Bennett buckle, the retaining strap with V shape metal tip,
Not Sold

 

The stitching is in good order. The rubber ear cups are undamaged. The bakelite ear receivers are faintly stencilled REF No.10A/13466. The chamois leather liner is missing a section to the skull and back.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Mar, 2018

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