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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: TinyTerrain on 13 August 2012, 01:03:47 PM

Title: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: TinyTerrain on 13 August 2012, 01:03:47 PM
Hi,

Any give me a clue here please..........what colour should a WW2 British despatch riders leathers and "flying" helmet be?

Cheers, Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
Title: Re: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: Steve J on 22 August 2012, 10:10:03 AM
A friend at work bought a despatch riders coat a few years ago and it was not leather, but a heavy duty material that was an off beige colour from memory.
Title: Re: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: Hertsblue on 23 August 2012, 08:35:16 AM
Despatch riders normally wore a round, "pudding-basin" helmet similar to that of the airborne troops. Colour was the same as for infantry.
Title: Re: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: TinyTerrain on 23 August 2012, 09:09:55 PM
Looks like I guessed right:

(http://data6.blog.de/media/550/6563550_7abb984d03_m.jpeg)

Thanks for the input,

Cheers, Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
Title: Re: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: Steve J on 24 August 2012, 06:43:08 AM
Nice job there Craig 8).
Title: Re: British ww2 Despatch rider leathers
Post by: SV52 on 24 August 2012, 07:41:50 AM
Quote from: Steve J on 22 August 2012, 10:10:03 AM
A friend at work bought a despatch riders coat a few years ago and it was not leather, but a heavy duty material that was an off beige colour from memory.

My brother bought one of those donkeys' years ago during his biking days, it was so thick and stiff it could stand up on its own.  A real nostalgia trip for my old man as he served this function during WWII.
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