Original Imperial Japanese WWII IJN Navy M44 Shin-Yo “Suicide Boat” Steel Helmet with Full Line & Chinstrap Antique Smith & Wessons and they both hold correctly

and they both hold correctly at half cock

the guidon's foreground and background colorations are exchanged

which could have easily been added by a veteran decades ago

and has the correct solid white oval border and white leaves of the SS version of the badge

because we knew after they dropped the bombs they would turn to the right

Original Imperial Japanese WWII IJN Navy M44 Shin-Yo “Suicide Boat” Steel Helmet with Full Line & Chinstrap Antique Smith & Wessons and they both hold correctlyOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an incredibly scarce Japanese helmet worn by Shin Yo (Kamikaze Suicide Boat) crew members during the Second World War. The Shinyo suicide boats came into service in 1944. They were fast moving motorboats which were equipped with bow mounted explosives which would detonate on impact or by control of the single occupant of the boat. It is believed 6,197 Shinyo boats were produced for the Japanese navy, with 400