Created specifically for Hornbeam Militaria
A period 9th Air Force patch
sold with length of ribbon
with there being heavy artillery on the ground for the next few months and no chance to clear the dead for either side
W669 QM 22816 and dated 9 November 1942
Original World War Two Brodie Helmet, Type II, ARP Warden Clasps Created specifically for Hornbeam MilitariaAn original British Brodie helmet. This is the Mk. 2.,referred in it's entirety as Helmet, Steel, Mk. II, No. 2. The Brodie helmet was standardised during the First World War, but continued in use until well into the later stages of the Second World War. This helmet is the Mk. 2, introduced around 1938 and bearing more or less identical to the Mk. I, but differing in the chin strap and method of chin strap attachment. Later Mk. 2s had a different