View source for Dispatch Rider Helmet

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | Helmet - Despatch Rider
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<br>Despatch Rider lid with leather harness
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Worn by Dispatch Riders during WW2. Not to be confused with the very simlar Para lid of the time. It differs with a leather liner.

Also to note, the Australian Paras worn a similar jump lid to this helmet, but was made from a shock impact fibre called Duperite. 
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | M42 "Duperite"
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | http://nuke.combat-helmets.com/Portals/0/2010/AusM42.JPG
<br>Duperite Para Lid with green leather harness
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[[Category:Historical Equipment]]