A military helmet with an outer shell of green metal. The liner consists of black rubber suspension webbing. Black fabric is attached to this webbing and extends down the inside of the helmet in five strips tied together with black string. There is a tan coloured fabric chin strap with a metal buck…
A military helmet with an outer shell of green metal. The liner consists of black rubber suspension webbing. Black fabric is attached to this webbing and extends down the inside of the helmet in five strips tied together with black string. There is a tan coloured fabric chin strap with a metal buckle.
Material
FABRIC-UNKNOWN;
METAL / ALLOY - UNKNOWN
RUBBER;
Inscriptions
On the outside of the shell are the letters "A.R.P."
A military helmet with a green metal outer shell. The liner is made of leather which extends down the inside of the helmet in eight strips tied together with white string. These strips have six small holes in each of them. There is a leather chin strip attached to the liner with metal loops and sec…
A military helmet with a green metal outer shell. The liner is made of leather which extends down the inside of the helmet in eight strips tied together with white string. These strips have six small holes in each of them. There is a leather chin strip attached to the liner with metal loops and secured with a metal buckle.
Narrative
From USA, circa WW2
Material
ANIMAL - LEATHER
FABRIC-UNKNOWN;
METAL-STEEL
Inscriptions
On the inside of the helmet is the inscription "I-72"
Helmet is made of white metal with black decal of what looks like a British crown, and another decal that says "CS" on the front. It has a dirty orange chin strap without a buckle, and black padding on the inside.
Helmet is made of white metal with black decal of what looks like a British crown, and another decal that says "CS" on the front. It has a dirty orange chin strap without a buckle, and black padding on the inside.
Narrative
ARP stands for: Air Raid Precautionary. This helmet is from donor's father, and was used in Vancouver.
1 Photograph; b&w; 17 x 11.5 cm
Mrs. Winnifred Coyle and Ellen with Mrs. Davey Scott walking the Aldermere-Telkwa trail. Information written on back of both cards. Notations also written on front of post card. Writing with arrow indicating Ellen Coyle reads "Aldermere's first baby."
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