This helmet has seriously puzzled me and have been to various websites but still no answer as to its identity or country of issue.
Some say its an Orlite M76,others and Orlite OR201.
When it arrived the previous owner seriously wanted to hide its identity as both interior labels have been overpainted in some weird black substance-have tried turps,meths,lighter fluid to try to clean this horrible mess off and have now resorted to NITROMORS paint remover which has cleaned up one label but not the other.
Obvious from this that its Israeli made but from the various websites i gather these were exported to pretty much every African country and also that the Irish Army used them.
Some say its an Orlite M76,others and Orlite OR201.
When it arrived the previous owner seriously wanted to hide its identity as both interior labels have been overpainted in some weird black substance-have tried turps,meths,lighter fluid to try to clean this horrible mess off and have now resorted to NITROMORS paint remover which has cleaned up one label but not the other.
Obvious from this that its Israeli made but from the various websites i gather these were exported to pretty much every African country and also that the Irish Army used them.