pith helmet
 

hi all

today i found an old pith helmet which looks military, but i'm not sure. at the moment i can't post a pic of it, but here is the description. it's colour is similar to light stone, or to some of the ww11 issue respirator bags. the lining is gone, but the inside of the helmet is similar to a jade green. it has a leather chin strap about 3/8" wide. i couldn't find any markings on it anywhere. if anyone has a pic of a cdn issue pith helmet perhaps i could compare it. i'm thinking it's military because the previous owner was a veteran. thanks

mike

Hi Mike,

Here is a selection of different pith helmets. Does yours look like any of these? I may be interested if it is for sale and in good condition.

Clive

http://www.servicepub.com/images/file0749.jpg
http://www.servicepub.com/images/file1624.jpg
http://www.servicepub.com/images/pith1.jpg
http://www.servicepub.com/images/dsc03689.jpg
http://www.servicepub.com/images/ggf...th%20repro.jpg

Pith helmet
 

Mike
I was issued a pith helmet in Sardinia in '69 like Clive shows in picture Number 3 ...
Like you describe sounds like that one..
:drunk: :remember :support

Re: Pith helmet
 

That would be 1869, then would it? :D

:sheep:

c'mon sunray don't take the pith out of him .....

Re: Re: Pith helmet
 

Aye,Jif...
I got old too fast and smart too late...
I see that is not applicable in your case....
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....!!!!

:remember :support :drunk: :yappy: :D :D

Boys, boys... back On Topic

The helmet that the old pither wore in the immediate post-Fenian era was known as the Hawley helmet and was taken into wear in the early days of the Second Great Unpleasantness. It continued to be worn by cadets well into the 1980s.

Pith helmet availability
 

Firstly, I pithed myself laffing at Jiff's carbon dating of Alex!

www.wwmeinc.com sells the models 1, 4 (in both white and khaki) and 5 for a most reasonable price of $39.95 USD ea and delivers (via Ogdensburg in my case) in two days. Our local cadet corps recently bought 10 in white for wear with patrol dress.

The supplier also stocks a "North Vietnam" cork helmet which is pea green and looks very similar to 3 but rounder at $19.95... it comes with an NVA hatbadge so may still be current issue to the Vietnamese Peoples' Army.

Cheers! Mike

hi guys

ref clive's pics....number three is very close to what is here. i think i'll have the digicam back this weekend and will post a pic. it amazes me what can still be found...and in the stragest places!!! thanks for the info...and the antics!!

mike

Re: Mike
 

Antics? Whatever do you mean by "antics"? On MLU? I'm sorry, you must be mistaken, that's simply not allowed here... :nono:

:D :devil: :smoker:

The number 3 pic is exactly what I was issued with as an Army Cadet at Ipperwash in 1956 (1956, not 1856!)

Matter of fact, I just picked one up at a local flea market for $10.00 and just wore it to a grad pde at Meaford today.