Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware Original Items

Item: ON4877

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet Shell with Liner Attachment Hardware

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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the classic Japanese WWII Issue Tetsubo helmet shell, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops. This helmet was found sometime after the war, so unfortunately the liner and chin strap are missing, destroyed by the elements. Most of the paint is missing, and the shell does have rust damage, particularly on the inside. However, the liner attaching split pins and chin strap attachment points are still intact, and the shell is solid. The steel star on the front of the helmet is intact. This would be perfect for a complete restoration project, or to display as is.

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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