United States. A Home Front Civil Defence Air Raid Warden Helmet Republic of This book chronicles the history

This book chronicles the history of ballooning from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries

) nearly extremely fine

numbered “V 1518”

as noted in the London Gazette on May 28

BERLIN” and maker marked “SCHWERIN

United States. A Home Front Civil Defence Air Raid Warden Helmet Republic of This book chronicles the historyAn example of a home front civil defense air raid warden helmet, constructed of magnetic metal that has been painted white, bearing the motif of the United States Official Home Front Civilian Defence Air Raid department, the motif consisting of a red and white diagonally striped triangle in a dark blue circular field, the underside of the helmet reveals a web liner constructed of canvas material (one of the strands torn) that is secured to the helmet