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Named Helmet research?
I recently added this helmet to my collection and inside the liner was a name. I have many helmets with names in them and was always curious if the names could be researched? My only research tool I know is Google search but that has never given me results. Does anybody know of a way to research a name in a helmet? Or any other piece of named equipment for that matter!
Thanks for any assistance in help identifying this helmet. Regards,Derk
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Hi Mark
Just names is difficult, in many cases, to research for Military service but if you had a Military/Regimental Number, there is potential. In my experience, Canadian named pieces of equipment often had their number also. Does your helmet have a soldier's number? With a Canadian WW2 soldier's number, I can tell you to what unit they enlisted, at the least. The name "Klepper" does not have many hits in my Canadian sources but there was a British borne (Lancashire) fellow (Julius) in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. If it is British, I cannot help you but it would still be researchable. regards Darrell
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Hi Hanno
Thanks for that. I was wondering if perhaps it was Dutch Military Police or not. is Militair Politie a proper Dutch phrase? Marechaussee from Gooble. Perhaps I assumed too much from Derk's (NOT Mark! ) post. On a generally Cdn Forum and a British made helmet... I gave what I had. regards Darrell
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Hi all,
Indeed MP also stands for “Militaire Politie” (military police) in Dutch, a.k.a. Marechaussee. I have read something about these somewhere, will see if I can dig it up. Have seen a steel version as well. Here’s a thread with some more info: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/helme...police-403506/
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Pretty sure that helmet came from my (and Derk's) favorite scrapyard. It would have come out of Cdn service, either in the late 50s or 60s.
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Here is a steel helmet, painted white with letters “M.P.” in black added.
This helmet is owned by a collector in The Netherlands. 8D466AE8-6CC1-4F3B-BB0F-4488CBA77950.jpg
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