Original Imperial Japanese WWII IJN Navy M44 Shin-Yo “Suicide Boat” Steel Helmet with Full Line & Chinstrap Antique Smith & Wessons this is an Austrian maker

this is an Austrian maker

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

which could have easily been added by a veteran decades ago

and they both hold correctly at half cock

a nonpolitical social welfare organization headed by Volodymyr Kubiyovych which supported the idea of the formation of the division

Original Imperial Japanese WWII IJN Navy M44 Shin-Yo “Suicide Boat” Steel Helmet with Full Line & Chinstrap Antique Smith & Wessons this is an Austrian makerOriginal 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