Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of the classic Japanese Type 90 Tetsubo (鉄帽 - "steel cap") army helmet, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ( 鉄 冑 "steel helmet") by Japanese troops. Though this is the classic Type 90, it is constructed out of pressed paper fiber for parade use. Much like America with the removable helmet liner to be used in non combat scenarios, other countries adapted items such as this paper helmet. There is no protective capabilities aside from very minor bumps, it was used to just have the appearance of a regular helmet and its intended use was to not feel the weight of a steel helmet for whatever the Officer was doing, most likely ceremonial and parade use.

Features include:
- Original star applied to front with a broken/missing point.
- Excellent complete three pad leather liner
- Original tie down chinstrap.
- Original paint with the expected wear and oxidation, showing the "blue" manganese steel underneath.

A very nice condition helmet, with much of the original paint, with the expected wear and chips from service. These helmets are continuing to become harder and harder to find on the market due to the material used, especially ones with complete liner and chin strap systems. This example is worthy of any WWII collection.

The Japanese Type 90 Helmet
The Imperial Japanese Army was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1871 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of War, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Military (Army) Aviation, became the third agency with oversight over the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad-hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the minister of war, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the inspector general of military aviation, and the inspector general of military training. The Japanese Tetsubo, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops, was a mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army from its creation in 1932. Its construction from inferior chrome-molybdenum steel limited its ability to protect the wearer from gunfire or shrapnel.