1St Pattern Nskk Crash Helmet Auction first as the Maritime Medal

first as the Maritime Medal and was subsequently changed by Royal decree in 1938 into the Medal of Maritime Virtue

March 1938

with old tattered ribbon

Silver Grade - in silvered tombac

1St Pattern Nskk Crash Helmet Auction first as the Maritime Medal1st Pattern NSKK Crash Helmet Molded, smooth, blackened leather helmet with raised, padded, protective bars running horizontally around the helmets bottom edge (stitching removed), and another one running from front to back over the crown top. Helmet has a single ventilation grommet with screen to each side of crown. Front center of helmet has a 1st pattern NSKK stylized national eagle. The eagle is still very firmly held in its correct position.