A Second War Canadian Custom Tanker's Helmet certificate_of_authenticity near Poplar in Memphis

near Poplar in Memphis

engraved "1944" on the reverse

now with the rank of Petty Officer

Type II - Third Republic

maker marked "BIRKS" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

A Second War Canadian Custom Tanker's Helmet certificate_of_authenticity near Poplar in MemphisFabricated from bakelite with a white finished exterior and red finished underside, the outside of the shell with a 45 mm wide strip of leather stitched in place, which acted as a buffer between the liner and the missing helmet. Inside, the butterscotch coloured leather headband runs around the circumference, the ends of which are stitched together at the rear, the headband stamped in black ink with the Canadian Broad Arrow insignia on the left side,