Housser 1933 - Army Helmet
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- Material
- Metal
- Description
- A olive metal army helmet in the MKII "Brodie" helmet style. Head strap for securing helmet is missing.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- Brodie Army Helmet Used by John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- Clothing - Headwear
- Start Date
- 1936
- End Date
- 1958
- Description
- A olive metal army helmet in the MKII "Brodie" helmet style. Head strap for securing helmet is missing.
- Public Description
- An army helmet used by John G. Housser 1933 during WWII. Between 1936 and 1937, Housser served as Second Lieutenant of the Royal Grenadiers, and, in 1938, he joined the Royal Regiment of Canada. He volunteered for active military service in 1939, serving in Iceland's "Z" Force (1940), in England (1941-1942), and at the battle of Dieppe in France (1942). In 1942, Housser was taken as a Prisoner-of War and detained in Eichstätt, Germany in Offlag 7B until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
- Material
- Metal
- Culture
- Old Boys
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-754
- Type
- Artifact