PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Its exterior is painted in rough-textured olive drab, approximately 98% of which has been retained. To the interior, its leather and webbed liner are fully intact, with a thick felt padding ringing the inside edge of the helmet, which is particularly built up in the front. Four khaki/tan HBT web straps, with a tie string, is to the interior crown for fit adjustment. Its natural leather sweatband is stamped "BMB" (Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd), being the manufacturer’s initials, and "6 3/4" within a shield, indicating the size and "1942" indicating the date of manufacture. The liner is held in by four slotted screws with the two rear screws having hex nuts and the two front screws having rounded anchor nuts. The dark brown leather chinstrap features thirteen buckling holes, is stitched to one side, passes through an age oxidized single prong brass roller buckle stitched to the other side, and terminates with a brown-painted alloy snap closure. An extended flap for the chin runs under the chinstrap. The leather to which the chinstrap and flap is attached descends approximately 9cm from the liner, is lined with brown wool, and features a seven-holed opening over each ear and a four double grommet adjusting tie slash, with black tie, to the back. Very nice, 1942 dated example.