Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice combat used example of the classic Type 92 Tetsubo (鉄帽 - "steel cap"), also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ( 鉄 冑 "steel helmet") by troops. This example definitely shows evidence of service, with damage to the padded cover, which we did not remove to avoid further damage. We assume that the paint is in good shape underneath, as we can see from the hole in front over the star.

Features include:

• Original 5 point metal star to front.
  
• Original tan padded machine sewn cover, in the correct color with six panel construction. It does have a hole in the front, which is torn through enough to see the metal star on the front of the helmet.
• Complete three tongue leather liner in bark brown aged color leather. The padding in the front pouch is still present, and each tongue has the correct two fingers at the top, with the securing strap present.
• The back of one of the liner tongues has a makers mark, which has the date 昭 17 or Showa 17, for the Western year 1942.
• Three white painted Japanese kanji characters inside the front of the helmet. There are also some more faint markings.
• Original canvas tie down chin strap, which is torn off on the right side just below the securing loop.
• Correct color original paint on interior and exterior with moderate service wear.
• Approximate size 7 1/2 (60cm).

This is a great chance to pick up a very nice large size example of the Japanese WWII Type 92 Tetsu-Bo helmet, with a complete liner and very rare padded cover. These are getting harder to find in any condition on the market.

The Imperial Japanese Army was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1871 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of War, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Military (Army) Aviation, became the third agency with oversight over the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad-hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the minister of war, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the inspector general of military aviation, and the inspector general of military training. The Japanese Type 92 (1932) Tetsubo, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops, was a mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army from its creation in 1932. It replaced the Japanese-made French Adrian helmets the armed forces had been using. Its construction from inferior chrome-molybdenum steel limited its ability to protect the wearer from gunfire or shrapnel.