BRITISH MILITARY P-44 MK IV HELMET TURTLE BACK D-DAY INVASION HELMET

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BRITISH MILITARY P-44  MKIII HELMET (TURTLE BACK) THE HELMET WAS DEVELOPED IN GREAT BRITAIN  BY THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IN 1941 WHICH WAS THE MK III VERSION AND REPLACED AT THE END OF THE WAR BY THE MKIV VERSION. BOTH HELMETS WERE USED SIDE BY SIDE UNTIL 1945 AND THE MK III VERSION WAS OFFICIALLY REPLACED WITH THIS MODEL (MKIV) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO HELMETS ARE THE LINER RIVETS AND THE LIFT THE DOT LINER AND THE COLOR OF THE HELMET WAS CHANGED FROM KHAKI GREEN TO A DARK BROWN TEXTURED PAINT. THIS HELMET IS DATED 1952 WITH THE MFG OF C.C.L LINER LIFT THE DOT VERSION. CHINSTRAP IS OD KHAKI IN COLOR.  THESE HELMETS WERE ISSUED TO MOSTLY ASSAULT TROOPS SUCH AS AT NORMANDY (D-DAY). NICE VINTAGE HELMETS THAT DISPLAY NICE. Please look carefully at all the pictures for details. I believe the liner is much newer.