Description
Ball turret gunner: Hugh Crimmins
It is complete with heavy stitching
It is in great shape
these Bren vests carried spare Brengun magazines in two pouches
Original British Victorian Era 17th Lancers Other Ranks Chapka Helmet - Duke of Cambridge's Own Nepalese Cache Extras Ball turret gunner: Hugh CrimminsOriginal Item: Only One Available. One of the most romantic style helmets ever issued in the British military is this CHAPKA and was used exclusively by mounted lancers. The chapka, or lance cap, was an item of headdress originally worn by the legendary Polish Uhlan lancer regiments. British forces encountered Polish lancers wearing the Czapka Rogatywka (Horned Cap) in French service during the Napoleonic Wars. The British Army's lancer regiments,