Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s “Animal Brand” Pith Helmet by Helmet, Peace & Co. in Original Box - Kakumatsuya Osaka U.S. Ordnance Serial #549712 indicates manufacture in

Serial #549712 indicates manufacture in 1892

It was intended as a more powerful successor to the RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun

but the most well-known may be in the Sudan

The cylinder has been replaced

and only moderate rust to the end caps

Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s “Animal Brand” Pith Helmet by Helmet, Peace & Co. in Original Box - Kakumatsuya Osaka U.S. Ordnance Serial #549712 indicates manufacture inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is definitely an interesting helmet, and something we have only seen twice before! This sun hat falls into a category known as the Animal Brand hats due to the different names embossed on the sweatbands, this one being marked Kakumatsuya Osaka with the maker mark on the interior crown reading Helmet, Peace & Co. One of the great misconceptions of Japanese tropical headgear of the Second World War is that the