Title

Yellow Plastic Strathclyde Fire Brigade Firefighter's Helmet

Creation Date

circa 1975 – 2005

Description

Yellow plastic firefighter's helmet from the Strathclyde Fire Brigade in Scotland. Solid yellow plastic helmet with a slight crest on the top. The bottom brim flares out around the helmet and is longer in the back to cover the wearer's neck. On the front of the helmet is a logo/shield. The round shield includes an outer silver starburst with a red inner ring with white lettering that reads: "STRATHCLYDE FIRE BRIGADE". In the center of the shield is an orange and yellow flame over blue and white stripes with Scottish thistles on both the left and right sides. The bottom of the helmet is trimmed in black rubber. Written in black marker on the bottom of the back of the helmet: "1192 1192". Attached to the interior of the helmet is a black plastic and fabric stripe cushioning to wear the helmet. There's also brown leather straps with Velcro to adjust the size on the back of the head. There is a brown leather chin strap with 4 silver metal snap button fronts and 6 matching silver metal snap button backs. There is some padded black fabric forehead cushioning.