United Kingdom. A 1940 London Transport Helmet, Named Province of China 53mm in length

53mm in length

reverse illustrating a deserted battlefield with cottages in the background

vertical banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a rounded catch

service uniform

maker marked with an RZM logo and maker code “M1/128” for Eugen Schmidhäussler

United Kingdom. A 1940 London Transport Helmet, Named Province of China 53mm in lengthAn early war helmet, marked BMS 001 1940, in blue green paint with LONDON TRANSPORT in period white paint with dashed boarder, three holes punched into brim near chinstap, interior with original liner, although now delicate but complete inlcuding original draw string, also with oroiginal chin strap with owners name in black in " DVR AMBRIDGE 71771" exterior paint flaking and with loss, delicate however an excellent display piece, fine.