VINTAGE SADF CJ FUCHS LTD 1960S GREEN STAALDAK HELMET WITH INNER LINING

THIS TYPE IS KNOWN AS THE "STAALDAK" HELMET AND WAS USED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE AND POLICE DURING THE BORDER WAR AND ALSO USED BY THE RHODESIAN FORCES DURING THEIR LIBERATION WAR.
 
THIS TYPE OF STAALDAK HELMET IS BASED AROUND THE FRENCH MLE 51 OTAN BUT LOCALLY PRODUCED IN SA UNDER LICENCE BY C J FUCHS LTD.
 
STEEL HELMET WITH PLASTIC LINER SHELL. INSIDE THE HELMET FEATURES A CANVAS CRADLE LINER SYSTEM, FITTED WITH A DETACHABLE LEATHER BAND. THE CHINSTRAP IS OF CANVAS AND FEATURES A DOUBLE 'D' RING ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM EACH SIDE.

The Rhodesian Bush Waralso called the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwe War of Liberationwas a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia. The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia, Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.
 
MARKINGS: ON THE INNER SIDE OF HELMET WE HAVE THE STAMP CJ FUCHS LTD AND SOME NUMBERS UNDERNEATH THAT MIGHT INDICATE THE YEAR.
 
Size: 26x28CM AND 18CM HIGH
 
Condition: FEW SCRAPES AND DENTS ON THE TOP OF HELMET. COMPLETE AND IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
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