Featured Got me a Bobbys helmet !!

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by Miscstuff, Jan 28, 2020.

  1. Miscstuff

    Miscstuff Sometimesgetsitright

    There is a certain ex English copper on the site who I’m hoping will tell me all about it. The South Wales badge is plastic so that probably dates it 70s and later and there is a mysterious faded orange stain that may be either blood (eek:woot:) or more likely curry. Not sure I want to know.

    Data
    29.6cm end to end
    21cm wide
    0.53Kg

    Cheers
    Stephen

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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The helmet plates were nickel plated.

    I think plastic came in around the late 80's early 90's.
    Most were Custodian but each force had its own design.
    Worn for tradition rather than practicality, although they did have their uses.:cool:

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  3. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

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    guess where ?
     
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  4. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    I see - no Rolling Stones fans around...:jawdrop:
     
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Where Fid ?
     
    daveydempsey, Jan 28, 2020
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  6. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    Zurich 1967.
     
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  7. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    I am wondering - do custodian helmets serve an entirely traditional/ceremonial role? Or are there still practicalities behind why they're still issued to serving police officers?
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    You can easily pick the copper out of the crowd when he's wearing one of those. No one else even wears a hat these days unless it's seriously cold out. That bobby helmet goes bobbin' along.
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Depends on the force. Some have gone over to diferent everyday headgear, but they're still protective for many.
     
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  10. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    Ooooh, I've always wanted one!

    Wonder if that bobby ever wore that helmet again...
     
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  11. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    These helmets offered virtually no protection whatsover.

    If I was fighting which was often it was the first thing to come off, the same when running.
    If you had the chin strap down, they could be pulled backwards nearly garotting you.

    In 1984 I wore a Nato helmet for 16 hours a day over a 12 month period.

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    These were great apart from when a petrol bomb was thrown, the heat took your whiskers off your chin.

    One day I was driving an unprotected 16 seater into a major riot, a brick came through the drivers side window, hit my helmet, bounced off and my colleague sat behind did not have his visor down, he got it full in the face rendering him unconcious and missing a few teeth.

    I just had some neck ache.

    The second half of my career I did not have to wear a hat of any type.

    Happy days.
     
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  12. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    @daveydempsey
    Yep, the bobby helmets do appear unpractical... but they are, of course, iconic. I came across a genuine one here in the USA a year or so ago at an estate sale, probably from the 1970s, if I remember my research at the time correctly. Asking price was $30 US and I kick myself for not getting it. I'd love to display it with my English teapots and tea cups! :smuggrin:
     
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