Helmets Collection (page 3)

Women of the River Emergency Service, September 1939
Women of the River Emergency Services standing in a line in full uniform, complete with helmet and scissors slung on a cord around thier necks

Backs of two walking girls holding helmets, September 1939
Two girls, described as in " smart uniforms", photographed from behind as they walk down a London street, holding steel helmets

Female and male warden conferring in street, Sept 1939
Female warden in a steel helmet reading over the latest regulations with another warden, holding a helmet, in the middle of a busy Westminster street

Steel helmets ready to be packed in factory, September 1939
London factory workers stand behind rows of steel helmets, laid out to be packed for dispatch and issued to air-raid wardens as part of the preparations for war

French reservists marching through Paris, September 1939
French reservists marching through Vincennes, Paris in early September 1939, following the outbreak of war. The Sphere describes Vincennes as the famous fortress district of Paris due to its fortress

Primitive cannons used at Battle of Crecy, France
Primitive cannons (known as bombards) used by the English army at the Battle of Crecy, France, though bows and arrows were the primary weapon. Date: 1346

A thanksgiving ceremony and show of heraldic arms before a tournament. Knights helmets and shields were checked for their heraldic accuracy

Flemish helmets from the armory at Breda. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812

Helmets from the Tower of London. Black helmet with visor 1, 2, and grated helmet with moveable bever 3-6. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of

Medieval jousting tournament, Cornwall
A medieval jousting tournament taking place in Cornwall, with men in costume on horseback, galloping past each other, and spectators in the background. Date: circa 1980s

Boys playing American football. Date: circa 1970s

Soldiers at Coronation Durbar, Delhi, India
Soldiers in a riverside scene at the Coronation Durbar ceremony in Delhi, India, December 1911. Date: 1911

The Douglas Room, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland, with a display of helmets and drums. Date: circa 1905

Army volunteers on manoeuvres, Salisbury Plain
Army volunteers on manoeuvres in full dress uniform on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, August 1900. 1900

Group photo, Epsom Fire Station, Surrey. Date: circa 1910

Military manoeuvres at Aldershot - soldiers falling out for water at a roadside cottage. 1894

Refreshments for emergency workers, WW2
Refreshments for emergency workers on the Home Front during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s

Chainmail armour 12th & 13th century
Chainmail armour of the twelfth and thirteenth century. Date: 12th & 13th century

Submarine divers 1869
Divers wearing diving armour with flexible arms and helmet with eye-plates of strong glass, with a fresh supply of oxygen been pumped in through a long hose to allow the operator to say under

Don Quixote in His Study

Christmas at the Loire - Prussian soldiers trying to keep warm in a snowy landscape. 1870

The Field Survey Battallion, by Ellis Martin
The Field Survey Battallion, design for a stained glass memorial window by Ellis Martin. Depicting three Royal Engineers at work in a trench. 1921

Fire Brigade crews in procession with banners
Fire Brigade crews in procession in a street with horse-drawn vehicles and banners, with spectators lining the route. Date: circa 1890s

LCC-LFB Edgware Road Fire Station group photo. Date: circa 1910s

LCC-MFB firemen with vehicle. Date: circa 1900s

LCC-LFB Motor Escape Competition winners 1937, HQ (A Watch), with a vehicle in the background. Date: 1937

MFB firemen practising rescue techniques, with a man about to jump from an upper window. Date: circa 1890s

LCC-LFB Motor Escape Competition winners 1932, photographed at LFB Headquarters, with a vehicle in the background. Date: 1932

Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire Hackney Road
Firefighters in action at the scene of a fire at a building in Hackney Road, East London. Date: circa 1950s

Portrait of a late Victorian MFB fireman with engine
Portrait of a late Victorian MFB fireman, number 134, with engine. Date: circa 1890s

LCC-LFB Fire Station group photo. Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB firemen, winners of a trophy, Olympia 1912
LCC-LFB firemen in a group photo. Several of them are wearing medals, and at the centre is a trophy with rosette, Olympia 1912. Date: 1912

LCC-LFB horse drawn vehicle, South Croydon Fire Station
LCC-LFB horse drawn vehicle and crew outside South Croydon Fire Station. Date: circa 1900s

Willesden Local Board Fire Brigade turnout, with horse-drawn vehicles and ladders. Date: circa 1890s

Roberts, Buller and Beresford
Busy Bs. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1913), Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908) and William Leslie Beresford (1846-1918), British Naval Officer. Date: 1900

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

Demonstration outside Gamages department store, Holborn, London, with struggles between protesters and police. Date: late 1960s

Demonstration in London -- the man with his arms raised is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man on the left is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Demonstration in London -- the man at the centre is probably Sid Rawle (1945-2010), nicknamed King of the Hippies, founder of the Hyde Park Diggers

Making Havoc with Cookware Date: 1947

WW2 greetings card, firemen
WW2 pop-up greetings card, firemen (NFS, National Fire Service). Date: circa 1942

British soldiers trying on captured German headgear 1916
British soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers trying on German helmets and gas-masks following the battle of St. Eloi. Date: 1916

British soldiers celebrating after Battle of St. Eloi
Cheering British soldiers and officers of the Northumberland Fusiliers after the battle of St. Eloi. Some are wearing captured German helmets

BELGIAN TRAFFIC POLICE
A policeman with a white helmet and parasol! Belgium has protected her point traffic policemen from the sun by providing them with white helmets and wide umbrellas! Date: 1930s

Cuirassier 1645, specimen of Goodrich Court. Date: 1645

Military helmets 1645
Military helmets, specimen of Goodrich Court. Date: 1645

RAJ FASHIONS LATE 1910S
Raj clothing. The men wear cool pale coloured suits and slim ties. The ladies wear white, ankle-length dresses with soft ruffles or broderie Anglaise. Date: late 1910s

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