A First War Mark Ii Grey Canada General Service Helmet Auction Archive loop for suspension marked “23”

loop for suspension marked “23” (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heeresbedarf in der Gravur-und-Ziselierung

5 mm Spanish tank badge near the centre and a 19 mm hand-engraved reverse-armed swastika inside a frame formed by fifteen arches and outlined in a beaded trim at the upper left

slip on style

" One of the missing was Private Craddock

so that we shall ever have the satisfaction to always be able to grant graces to the officers

A First War Mark Ii Grey Canada General Service Helmet Auction Archive loop for suspension marked “23”British made, steel, magnetic, in bluish gray, with multiple layers of paint having been applied, Canada General Service insignia stencilled in red paint on the front. The protective edge of the helmet in a magnetic steel. It is stamped "HS 36" ("HS" indicating the steel manufacturer, Hadfield Limited of Sheffield (1916 1919); and "36" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front. The inside is hollow, missing its steel framed