GENUINE antique issued, used & worn Leather and Brass "Chinscales" or CHIN STRAP for the 19th and 20th Century Blue Cloth Home Service Pattern helmet

NO HELMET only the Chin-Scales AKA Chin Strap

CONDITION = EXACTLY as-seen with age-related wear and needing a little leather treatment ("Leder Balsam" OR "Neatrsfoot Oil") and a quick little stitch-or-two to render fully serviceable again

I have several of these chinscales available. SO if you "needed" MORE than ONE? the same postage would easily include a 2nd at no additional postage cost

The Home Service Helmet was authorised for the British Army in General Order 40 of May 1878, although it had been on trial for a few years prior to this date.  

The take-up of the helmet took some time, as was normal procedure, with old stock and current issues of the previous headgear being worn to the limit of useful wear, which was probably up to 1881.

British Army Dress Regulations, for officers only, state that the helmet was to be “Cork, covered with blue cloth in four seams, two on each side; peaks front and back, stiffened and covered with cloth with a seam at each side; the front peak bound with metal 3/16 inch wide, the back peak with patent leather 1/8 inch wide.

 Above the peaks and going round the helmet a cloth band ¾ inch wide, and stitched top and bottom. Back peak to centre of crown 10 ½ inches; front peak to centre of crown 10 ¼ inches; side to centre of crown 8 inches. Gilt curb chain chin strap, the links 5/8 inch wide and strap lined with black velvet.

Gilt rose fastenings at each side; gilt convex bar ¼ inch wide, down the centre of the back, and to the bottom of the back peak. The bar is in one piece, and is fastened to the helmet by means of two studs and a flattened prolongation of the bar under the back peak. At the top of the helmet, a gilt spike mounted on a cross-piece base…”

It must be noted that chin chain widths vary considerably from the official 5/8 inch and many examples are seen of ¾ inch and to a lesser extent 1 inch.

We will happily COMBINE any purchases....... so that you pay only a single postage charge :-)

All my items are unconditionally guaranteed 100% GENUINE for life, that guarantee INCLUDES their cost of postage BOTH ways

The "for life" part ? means that you cannot ask for a refund after you have died :-)

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