Gloucestershire Home Service Helmet

[Peter_Suciu]

Another holy grail helmet for me. This is of the Gloucestershire Regiment. This is the only unit in the British Army (or maybe any army for that matter) that has the honor of wearing a badge to the back as well as front of cap/helmet. This was allowed following the 1801 Battle of the Nile, where the unit fought off French Infantry to the front and defended against French Cavalry to the rear.

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Another holy grail helmet for me.

Lovely! Peter, you can post up to 800 pixel-wide photos now. A shame such a nice piece, and your pics are only 320 wide. Any chance of larger pics? T

 

[Peter_Suciu]

OK, here you go.

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Ahhh... much better! :thumbleft:

 

[Liongules]

Wonderful, Peter, absolutely wonderful! The Brisith home service helmets are my favorites after German pickelhauben.

 

[thecorkhelmet]

Absolutely Gorgeous !!!!! Great find.

 

[servicepub]

I was going to type something eloquent but the drool is shorting out my keyboard!
Beautiful helmet Peter. The only way it could look beter is in MY collection.

 

[zipperheads9]

Now that is SWEET . Congrat's
Mark