Early Imperial Japanese Navy Cherry Blossom Vented Helmet
This is and extremely rare IJN cherry blossom helmet. I believe these are called M18 cherry blossom vented navy helmet. The helmet has no liner. The helmet has I believe the remnants of a name in white painted kanji on the rim which you can see on the inside pictures. All on the liner spanners are present. The over all condition of the paint is very good. The anchor on the front is missing the left side bottom hook which is not very noticeable. These helmets sell for about $8000 if they are complete this one is prices and a fraction of that! One of the rarest of Japanese helmets at a reasonable price!
