British WWII Bolton Police, Bobby Helmet, German Blitz, 1939 Dated
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $145.00

Original era manufacture. Pressed black wool felt helmet body with darkened metal fittings, with a King's crown on the helmet plate, with the words County Borough of Bolton Police around the inside of the star.Simple brown leather sweatband with cork spacers, stamped into the leather is a date, 1939, with a property stamped similar to the helmet plate. The helmet has been pressed in a bit from storage, but remains quite pliable and should be easy to reform. A small length of the original chinstrap remains intact.   Bolton is a Borough northwest of the city of Manchester, that city being heavily bombed during the Blitz. Bolton itself received several bomb strikes in 1941. Size about a 7