WW2 South Africa Tommy Helmet 1942

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Mine & Military Museum - Springs

South Africa made WW2 Helmet with place enscriptions IJ Smit (BDR 105120): The helmet with the enscribed towns along the Mediterranean that the soldier served in.
South Africa made WW2 Helmet with place enscriptions IJ Smit (BDR 105120)

The helmet with the enscribed towns along the Mediterranean that the soldier served in.

Name/Title

WW2 South Africa "Tommy" Helmet 1942

Description

A 1942 helmet used by South african Soldier Cor Smit in the North African campaign

Made/Created

Date made

1942

Notes

The helmet has all the town that the soldier spent time in engraved by him on it.

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Long term formal loan

Acquired From

Clive Goulding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Owned by Clive Goulding