Aussie67 Restored Depiction: This helmet has

Restored Depiction: This helmet has had a blue-grey camouflage pattern painted over the grey base colour

a stress crack at the rear and another near one of the chinstrap bales

The steel lot number was found under the flare as 88 (one 8 being faintly stamped) a broad arrow is stamped on the opposite end

When acquired the shell was clean and without paint inside

Aussie67 Restored Depiction: This helmet hasAussie67 The shell is an original WW2, Australian manufactured MkII shell with a raw edge. I have purchased a couple of Australian helmet batches from this one dealer; all of these helmets would have been intact and in good condition when stored but poor storage over the decades has wrecked them. The original brass chinstrap lugs are marked Mk III only; there is no year stamp. The steel lot number was found under the flare as 2517 (the 1 being just