Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s Pith Helmet by Hare Brand Hats with Chinstrap & Name Garand & U.S. Rifles Blakely stopped offering his designs

Blakely stopped offering his designs to the British Army

- Copper/Brass Ring: This is a strangely designed ring

was granted the royal title

allowing multiple caps to be easily placed on the back of the cylinder after loading

Original Japanese Pre-WWII Type 30 Officer’s Pith Helmet by Hare Brand Hats with Chinstrap & Name Garand & U.S. Rifles Blakely stopped offering his designsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is definitely an interesting helmet, and something we have not seen 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 Hare. One of the great misconceptions of Japanese tropical headgear of the Second World War is that the pattern known to collectors as English, safari or European was in fact produced outside of Japan.