Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of the classic Japanese Type 92 Tetsubo (鉄帽 - "steel cap") army helmet, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ( 鉄 冑 "steel helmet") by Japanese troops. Features include:
- Original metal star applied to front.
- Excellent complete three pad leather liner, without pads present and Japanese ink markings on interior. These look to include the dates 19 and 18 or Showa 19 and Showa 18, for the Western year 1944 and 1943. We do not know why there are two date stamps. Possibly one is from when the liner was made, and one was from when it was installed.
- Original partial chinstrap assembly
- Original paint with minor wear.
- Approximate size 7 1/4 (58cm).
A very nice condition helmet, with most of the original paint, with the expected wear and chips from service. Also, it has a legible ink stamp on the liner. These helmets are continuing to become harder and harder to find on the market, especially once with complete liner and even partial chinstrap systems. This example is worthy of any WWII collection.
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.
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