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…e types were often made of brass, or nickel plated steel. Chrome did not become common until the very late 1920s. The early Japanese versions may be indistinguishable from European produced ones; however they always seem to have mortise hinges, Western ones use both metal hinges and fabric joints. If they come in the leather case as shown in Fig. 14, it’s a good chance they are Japanese. Sometimes they will have the place of manufacture written on…
…through the dome of the helmet. The vent hole at the front of the tube, or comb, was completely open, (bottom left), like Ellwood’s ‘Air Chamber’ sun helmet, (bottom left center), but later it was usually covered by a fretted ornamental cover; (bottom right center). Bottom right, a Christys helmet, has the extra ventilation feature of ‘toothed’ cork strips between the liner and shell, along the sides only. Although it seems the initial coxcomb sty…
…er chin-strap and buttons visible. (Collection of Alex Ben-Arieh/Historama.com) The inside of the hat with maker’s label visible. Notice also the stitching work on the sweatband and the type of liner used inside. (Collection of Alex Ben-Arieh/Historama.com) In light of the lack of available information on styles and appearances I can only rely on photographic examples and experience: there existed at least two widely distributed color varieties of…
…ringing and the same chestnut brown colour. As such labeling wise it had become complex by 1916-17, the name Tautz & Co, the patent owners by this time, was prominent, but so was Warren’s and Curtis’s names. Adding to the ‘credits’ were various manufactures stamps, including Christys, Hobson and Owens; Tautz & Co by this time were farming the manufacturing out, which would imply many were being produced to fill contracts for the War Office and Adm…
…as clear that the SMS Königsberg wouldn’t be able to head to the open sea, von Lettow-Vorbeck requisitioned a full company of sailors. These men were issued rifles and drilled in dry-land soldiering. German colonial troops move the guns from the SMS Königsberg. Note that a variety of different helmets and other headgear are seen. The German forces relied on whatever equipment they could make or capture. The SMS Königsberg did evade the British by…