JAPANESE WWII MINT UNISSUED JAPANESE TYPE 90 COMBAT HELMET

In fabulous condition, totally untouched, with all original brown paint on the exterior shell, with its hand-brushed line that runs around the lower half of the helmet, covering the star and the liner-retaining rivet heads. The reason for this was that the shells were painted first; the liners and their rivet heads and star were assembled after, so that the star and the rivet heads did not have a light steel finish. The final assembler would run a one-brush stroke around the whole circumference of the helmet. These were always of a slightly different shade than the helmets themselves. This particular helmet is a fabulous colour with its untouched inner three-pad liner and drawstring, with the remains of Japanese paperwork adhered to one of the liner sections, with all its original chin tapes. The interior of the front liner pad has kanji markings on the canvas, also a kanji, possibly a size marking hand-applied to the inner rear skirt. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a better unissued version of a Japanese Type 90 helmet.

Ref; 97306