The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese tank helmet. Brown cotton fabric covered, molded cardboard & felt tank helmet. The crown fabric is cut in segments with a 12 mm diameter hole in the centre. There are slits with lace up flaps in fabric & leather over the ears. Wool lined leather Y shaped straps form a chinstrap which uses D ring to fasten. A leather 5 point star stitched to a hexigon forms a fabric hat badge which is not attached to the helmet. There is an open weave cotton crown lining and coated fabric laced insert which acts as a headband.
Japanese tank crewman's lighweight tropical protective helmet. The helmet shell is made of compressed fibre, and has a fitted cotton canvas cover which has been painted olive green. A five pointed yel
Helmet, probably made from cork, and covered with six panels of heavily coated white cotton drill fabric. The outside of helmet has a narrow hatband of the same fabric. A large nickel plated badge bac
German Army Model 1916 steel helmet painted in fieldgrey (grey-green) and complete with a pair of ventilation lugs, chinstrap attachment rivets, brown leather headband and a three-piece, two-tongue li
German Model 1918 steel helmet with leather liner and chinstrap. The helmet has cut-out ear sections in the brim to assist hearing. The exterior and interior are painted in an overall grey green colou
German Army Model 1916 steel helmet painted in fieldgrey (grey-green) and complete with brown leather headband and a three-piece, two-tongue liner with a leather drawstring. There are fabric pockets f
British army officer's foreign service helmet. The cork helmet is covered with khaki cotton drill on the outside and fine green cotton on the inside. It is complete with a brass ventilator button and
