NAM.1987-02-2-1

Helmet, wolseley, officers’, South Staffordshire Regiment (1/5th Bn Territorial Force), 1916 (c). Khaki cotton drill covered cork, made in six sections, with four holes for ventilation in crown. Khaki cotton muslin pugri, with flash formed of a red silk thread Staffordshire knot upon a khaki cotton drill ground, the whole sewn to the pugri. Khaki cotton drill covered zinc crown fitting with three concave openings at lower edge for ventilation. Brown leather binding all round brim. Brown leather and brown canvas headband. Brim lined with green American cloth. Crown lined with aluminium coated cotton.

World War One (1914-1918)