Original Belgian M1950 Colonial Service Pith Sun Helmet with Puggaree - Belgian Congo Japanese Ordnance all of HALF PENNY value

all of HALF PENNY value and appear all to be dated in the 1750's making them all date to KING GEORGE II who died in 1760

The second almost identical was sold to a private collection and had Nepalese Battalion Markings and the E

BARLOW's name on the inside of the breast and back plate

and a late version constructed from a single piece of stamped steel

This example measures 24 inches in length

Original Belgian M1950 Colonial Service Pith Sun Helmet with Puggaree - Belgian Congo Japanese Ordnance all of HALF PENNY valueOriginal Item: Only One Available. The small country of Belgium only gained its true independence in 1830, and became established as a Constitutional Monarchy. By this time, many of the other European powers had already been colonizing the world for centuries, so there was little of the world left that had not already come under the European sphere of influence. During the 1840s and 50s, King Leopold I tentatively supported several proposals to