Brit Para #51 The M35 air vent bushes

The M35 air vent bushes were not present so I made the shell look like an M40

But they didn’t have Erbsentarn helmet covers - this one does

there were a couple of drain holes punched in the crown and there were three holes around the rim where the hanging wire would have been attached

Israeli #7 - The shell is an original Israeli M1 clone

The leather is ink marked as size 59 (59cm head size)

Brit Para #51 The M35 air vent bushesBrit Para #51 The shell is a MkII Para helmet; most likely post war. There are no factory stamps evident. I am quite certain it is not British made; perhaps Belgian. When acquired it was painted in the remnants of its original smooth olive drab. Its original liner, bumper pad and a portion of its web chinstrap existed but were all rotted. The shell was stripped to bare metal, primed then painted olive drab with a textured outer. A new bumper pad has