Helmet, Mk II, British, 3rd Infantry Division, Sword Beach, Caen, Belgium, Holland

Rare genuine WWII British Mk II helmet, retaining its original liner and chinstrap.

Shell manufactured by Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd. in Leeds, England and dated 1943; liner is hallmarked CCL (Christy & Co. Ltd., London, England) and dated 1943, too.

Size 7 ¼. 

The right side of the shell is adorned with the 3rd Infantry Division flash.

Complete and in quite good, worn condition. 

Initially deployed in France with the BEF in 1940, the 3rd British Infantry Division retreated to Britain from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. Four years later, the division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day, susequently participating in the liberation of Caen prior to heading to Belgium and the Netherlands.