Model: Wolseley

Year: 1941 - 1942

Manufacturer: Linney (London)

Inner aluminum foil

Size: 6 5/8

 

 

Salakot (tropical helmet) of the Wolseley type, made by Linney (London), this type of pith helmet is the most popular of the English pith helmets. It began to be used at the end of the 19th century (Sudan campaign 1896-1898) and during the 20th century it was used by the British army until 1948, the year in which the military use of the tropical helmet was abolished._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_

 

A feature of this model is the swept wing.

 

This model was the one that became most popular and imitated (see Italian model), thus the Canadian Army adopted it during the 20th century for full dress and armored infantry regiments.

The manufacturer's mark can be seen on the liner band.

 

Although no manufacturing date marks can be seen on the pith helmet, pith helmets with theinterior filled with aluminum  corresponds to the 1933 patent (officially adopted in May 1941) which fell out of use in August 1942. 

 

They used two forms of application of the aluminum interior, the one glued directly to the helmet and the second as a "sandwich" of paper floating freely between the tape and the crown of the helmet.