Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s “Animal Brand” Pith Helmet by Helmet, Peace & Co. in Original Box - Kakumatsuya Osaka Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Back has interesting marking with

Back has interesting marking with yellow paint and white stencil reading 3F / 72

maker's markings denoting Vickers Sons and Maxim of pre/early WW1

checking and other signs of age

which is covered on the top with a magnificent inlaid silver dragon with some brass accents

At some point the helmet exterior was hit with a light overspray of white paint

Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s “Animal Brand” Pith Helmet by Helmet, Peace & Co. in Original Box - Kakumatsuya Osaka Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Back has interesting marking withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is definitely an interesting helmet, and something we have only seen twice before! This sun hat falls into a category known as the Animal Brand hats due to the different names embossed on the sweatbands, this one being marked Kakumatsuya Osaka with the maker mark on the interior crown reading Helmet, Peace & Co. One of the great misconceptions of Japanese tropical headgear of the Second World War is that the