A First War Mark Ii 1St Battalion Canadian Helmet Auction Grand Officers Star Second Class

Grand Officers Star Second Class - Type I

they were a little different from their First World War predecessors

bright and shiny

2 mm x 117 mm

awarded to James Edward Preston

A First War Mark Ii 1St Battalion Canadian Helmet Auction Grand Officers Star Second ClassA First War Mark II 1st Battalion Canadian Helmet; British made, steel, non magnetic, in army green, red rectangle painted with a green cirle representative of the 1st Canadian Battalion. Inside, steel framed cradle supporting a blackened canvas liner with underlying burlap support and leather backer, stamped "HS 407" ("HS" indicating the manufacturer, Hadfield Limited of Sheffield (1916 1919); and "407" the steel batch number) on the underside of the