Does anyone know what the rectangular brass "rings" that attach chinstrap to helmet lugs are called and where to get them?
They should come with the strap?
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Yes, get a new strap and it'll have them, on it.
It's a bit more complicated than that - I have a repro MKI liner and chinstrap that doesn't include them. I suppose I could butcher another chinstrap and use those.
Ah that's because on a mark I they're attached to the shell, not the chinstrap.
I've a very old (and dead - springs are over-stretched and rusty)) MkII chinstrap that I could rob these ringtangular items from, if you'd like?
It might take me a little while to find it out as I'm currently moving house...
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These are from Military History workshop who make them specifically for MK2 shells so they work fine.
McVic - yes if you have a knackered one I'll take it off you.
MHW should have supplied the other parts needed for conversion then.
I certainly suggest that you rip the rim off the MK2.
Nah... when you buy a MkI liner all you get is the liner and chinstrap as the "bales" (for want of a better term) are part of the helmet.
Bales - yeah that's the word.
I thought about removing the rim but thought that a MK2 looked more like a MK1 than a Brodie so I'd prefer being rimmed 
Plus I don't know how to do it.
Bales - yeah that's the word.
I thought about removing the rim but thought that a MK2 looked more like a MK1 than a Brodie so I'd prefer being rimmed
Plus I don't know how to do it.
And you wouldn't want to ruin a perfectly nice Mk2 (if it's marked and dated). I'd find an old post-war Belgian MkII to butcher if anyone was wanted to "go rimless".
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A MK2 shell is not that valuable.
More valuable than an unmarked Belgian one.... 
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They are both marked and wartime dated Brit versions so I don't want to bugger them too much
