Item:
ON3642

Original Japanese WWII Tetsubo Army Combat Helmet with Rare 1939 Canvas Liner and Chinstrap

Item Description

Original Item: Only One Available. This is an early rare example of the classic of the Tetsubo, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops. Features include:

• Original metal star applied to front.
• RARE 1939 dated canvas liner complete with three pads and Japanese ink markings (date) in excellent condition.
• Original tie down chinstrap
• Original paint the helmet is in used condition, with minor to moderate wear to the original paint.
• Approximate size 7 1/4 (58cm) larger if you remove pads.

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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