helmet
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20000112-009
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1941
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, body armour
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1941/01/01
- Latest 1941/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Mk. 2
- Inscription Inside helmet strap "7 1/8, V.M.C.,II, 1942"
- Materials Steel, Rubber
- Service Component British Army
- Measurements Height 11.2 cm, Length 30.7 cm, Width 28.6 cm
- Caption Steel Helmet, Mk. II
- Additional Information Canadian factories produced more than one million Mk. II steel helmets, the standard headgear of Canadian and British Commonwealth soldiers throughout the war.