Unusual WW2 British Home Front Red Painted Steel Brodie Helmet MKII by BMB dated 1939

Here on offer is an unusual WW2 British home front red painted steel Brodie helmet MKII by BMB dated 1939.

This has just come out of a barn in Cornwall where it has been stored since WW2.

This unusual RED painted British helmet was possibly used by the NFS (National Fire Service) or AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) during WW2? There are no markings that I can see on the outside of the helmet.

Inside the helmet is still retains its original black treated linen with the early pattern oval foam pad and securing nut and bolt.

It still retains the original canvas chinstrap with metal buckle.

On one of the liner straps is stamped with:

7
BMB
I
1939

So it is a UK size 7 and was made in 1939 by BMB, Briggs Motor Bodies of Dagenham, who were one of the more prolific manufactures of British Army helmets during the war.

There are two sets of numbers that have been hand painted around the inside of the rim. They are hard to make out but I think they read as:

20820

254973

All I have done to the helmet is wipe off the dirt, so it is as it came out of the barn. Some loss of paint and rusting to the finish and one small ding to the domed surface. Please see my photos.


It measures approximately 12.1” (31cm) by 11.25” (28.5cm).

It weighs a heavy 1.06Kg.

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition, which complement this description.

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