Original WWII Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) Helmet Shell with Hand-Painted Anchor - Missing Badge French Antique Guns Central plate has a shield

Central plate has a shield with the the ancestral and core coat of arms of Nassau

mentions that airmen under training at the RAF Depot at Uxbridge carried swagger sticks

above the others

This would probably put production at around 1870-71

One Eastern People's Medal 2nd Class (Ostvolkmedaille II

Original WWII Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) Helmet Shell with Hand-Painted Anchor - Missing Badge French Antique Guns Central plate has a shieldOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare relic condition Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) helmet, missing its badge but retaining a lovely hand painted anchor around where the badge would have been. It appears like the soldier only wore a cherry blossom badge which was placed over the painted anchor, a very interesting choice. The SNLF ( Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai) were the marine troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and were a part