Peter_Suciu
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This particular sun helmet has been my "white whale" and I've been chasing it for years. Not this helmet exactly but this pattern. It is a wicker/pith helmet known as the K-Pattern. It was tested by the British Army circa 1900, as an alternative to the British made cork helmets. This pattern is made of wicker and sola pith instead of cork, and was made in India (cork helmets tended to be made in Europe whereas pith helmets were made in India and the Far East).
I finally obtained this after convincing an eBay seller to end the auction early as eBay UK wouldn't allow him to take bids from America. The helmet showed up last Friday and it gave me a fright! I tracked the package and it said, "signed for," but it wasn't here. The mailman decided since he was running late to enter it as delivered and signed for it!
I finally obtained this after convincing an eBay seller to end the auction early as eBay UK wouldn't allow him to take bids from America. The helmet showed up last Friday and it gave me a fright! I tracked the package and it said, "signed for," but it wasn't here. The mailman decided since he was running late to enter it as delivered and signed for it!