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British Brodie helmet : 360 Object 1915.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: British Brodie helmet with distinctive, flat 'soup bowl' shape.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 15, 2018).
- The first British Brodie helmets were made of mild steel (Type A), but an improved version (Type B) was introduced in October 1915 after just a few weeks, at the recommendation of Sir Robert Hadfield, using Hadfield steel. Its design, patented in 1915 by John L. Brodie of London, offered advantages over the French Adrian helmet as it was constructed from a single piece of metal that could be pressed from a single thick sheet of steel, giving it added strength. The 'soup bowl' shape was intended to help protect the wearer from shrapnel falling from above. It was also known colloquially as a 'Tommy helmet' or 'Tin hat'.
- AMDigital Reference: OTT1104-1126, OTT4632, OTT1127.
- Helmet, thickness of the rim means that this is a 1915 version.
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