Original Japanese WWII Type 98 Beehive Pattern Officer's Sun Helmet 20th Century blood plasma

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Trained P-38 pilots in California and Washington State until phaseout of Lightning training in March 1944

24" overall

with just a bot of oxidation on the gold wash

Covering the helmet shell is a very nice Unissued U

Original Japanese WWII Type 98 Beehive Pattern Officer's Sun Helmet 20th Century blood plasmaOriginal Item: Only One Available. The historian and write Peter Suciu wrote about this style helmet, "A unique variation of Japanese sun helmets used during World War II is one often referred to as the officers pattern. Why this particular helmet is considered to be an officers version is not known, but it is likely that it is because the character of Colonel Saito, the prison camp commandant in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai wore such a