CANADIAN MK IV HELMET TURTLE SHELL CAMOUFLAGE ORIGINAL

This MK IV Turtle shell has written on it the name:  CPL Miller.

The Mk IV P-44 helmet was first issued for use in the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944.  It became the next steel helmet pattern to be adopted by the British after the Dough Boy style of WWI. In use through the close of WWII and in regular use through Korea and the Falkland war.

It is commonly referred to as the "turtle" helmet because of its resemblance to a turtle shell.

It replaced the Mk III helmet and became the British Army's last metal helmet when it was replaced by the composite material Mk 6 helmet in 1985.

Shell and chin strap only.