Japan, Imperial. An Army Sun Helmet, C.1940 Newly Listed In the Kingdom of Egypt

In the Kingdom of Egypt

Queen's Medal for Champion Shot in Canada - Silver

embossed with an outline of a mother’s cross in gold on the outside of the lid

the reverse dated “1934” and “II”

the obverse depicting a raised field with a national eagle clutching a mobile swastika in its talons

Japan, Imperial. An Army Sun Helmet, C.1940 Newly Listed In the Kingdom of EgyptThis is an extremely well preserved Second War period Japanese Army sun helmet, constructed of a woven bamboo frame with an exterior tan coloured canvas twill liner. The helmet is an example of a third version, type 98 sun helmet issued after September 1941, notable for the elimination of any ventilation fixtures. There is a single insignia on the peak of the helmet in the form of a yellow, machine embroidered, five pointed star on a dark brown,