Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern Auction Archive measuring 50 mm (w) x

measuring 50 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)

In September 1941

CanMGC / Canadian Expeditionary Force" on the reverse

unmarked but textbook JFS manufacture

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern Auction Archive measuring 50 mm (w) x(Heer Tropenhelm). A very well preserved first pattern Heer tropical pith helmet, constructed of a pressed cork shell fully lined on the exterior with a khaki tan canvas liner. It features a central canister topped on the crown by a ventilation shaft hidden by a dome lined in an identical canvas. The canister is flanked on each side by aluminum shield insignia. Each measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), the right side features a red, white (finished in