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Just thought I might share a few images of my earliest lightweight Parachutist helmet I was pretty dam excited to finally add one to my shelf and able to fill a huge gap in my British Para helmet collection with the addition of this helm This example is sporting the early green vinyl chinstrap as produced Thetford..and is very likely one of the earliest variants due to the smooth surface on the helmet body and the bare metal un-coated liner retention nuts and bolts .. Also of note is the white brow pad which was only found on the earliest of examples... It with out a doubt shows its age and is in the condition I would expect to see from a issued example it was missing the black plastic slider section of the buckle at the time of purchase but with the help of a couple of good friends in the UK whom sent me a few bits and pieces this might not seem like a huge deal to most but the buckle and the chincup are incredibly hard to find so was very pleased when he sent one to me and another mate sent along a 68 pattern DPM hood which I have converted into a helmet cover The cover ,net ,nbc strips and hessian are not original to this helmet and have been added for the purpose of display to represent a para helm that would have been worn during the time of the Falklands Islands War Kind regards Mark

Bought a couple of 40mm practice projectiles last week off a nice Scottish chap. They were in half decent nick but had no markings or paint left on them at all. So, decided to paint them up. Had to take the bench grinder to them to get them to fit in the shell cases, but don't think I've done too bad. The stenciling has come out very nicely

Then you'd hate this picc then !