Original Late British Victorian P-1877 Colonial Canadian Police Sun Helmet with King's Crown Badge Flintlock Pistols and Majors John Dooley

and Majors John Dooley

actual combat issue did not take place until late February 1944

so they simply may have never been sewn on

and even more arms with Belgian made components

which is a marking we were not able to identify

Original Late British Victorian P-1877 Colonial Canadian Police Sun Helmet with King's Crown Badge Flintlock Pistols and Majors John DooleyOriginal Item: Only One Available. Authorized in June of 1877 as the regulation Foreign Service Helmet, it was made of cork and covered in white cloth with six seams. The helmet was worn throughout the empire, and this pattern remained in use until replaced by the Wolseley pattern helmet. This is the "classic" pattern of British sun helmet of the latter decades of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The sun or "pith" helmet originated in India around