Original Japanese WWII Battle-Damaged Type 90 Army Helmet with Relic Liner - Tetsubo

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful battle-torn & damaged example of the classic Japanese Type 90 Tetsubo (鉄帽 - "steel cap") army helmet, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ( 鉄 冑 "steel helmet") by Japanese troops.

Features include:
- Original metal star applied to front.
- Relic three pad leather liner, with all three pads still intact, although it is disconnected at several points, but it is still attached at two spots. None of the original chinstrap is retained. One of the three pads retains its pillow. There is no size making we can find.
- Original paint with very heavy battle wear, showing the "blue" manganese steel underneath the helmet. The liner fittings have oxidation as well. There is a small shrapnel hole in the crown pointing inward, so this helmet certainly spent a long time in the field.
- Approximate size is 7 1/4 (58cm).

A very nice battle-damaged helmet, with a good amount of the original paint, with the expected heavy wear and chips from battle. These helmets are continuing to become harder and harder to find on the market, especially ones with patina like this. This example is worthy of any WWII collection.

The Japanese Type 90 Helmet
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 Tetsubo, also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ("steel helmet") by troops, was a mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army from its creation in 1932. Its construction from inferior chrome-molybdenum steel limited its ability to protect the wearer from gunfire or shrapnel.