1807 - Casque MK II du Royal Sussex. Coque de casque MKII. l interieur de la coque est oxyde. Coiffe complete, sauf son cordon de serrage. Les marquages fabricant sont presents, mais illisibles. Epaisse peinture jaune sable a 80%. La vis de maintien de la coiffe semble avoir ete remplacee. Cap badge du Royal Sussex Regiment fixe sur la face avant de la coque. Celuici semble avoir ete colle. Jugulaire MK II complete. Filet de camouflage petites mailles, quelques accrocs visibles. A noter une certaine usure et patine de la piece. Etat II+. Le 1er bataillon etait base en egypte au debut de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, apres avoir ete envoye en Palestine en 1938. Le bataillon faisait initialement partie de la 23e brigade d infanterie. En octobre 1940, le bataillon a ete transfere a la 7e brigade d infanterie indienne de la 4e division d infanterie indienne, avec laquelle il est reste pour le reste de la guerre. Le bataillon, brievement commande par Geoffrey Charles Evans, a participe a la campagne du desert occidental et a la campagne italienne, ou il a ete implique dans la sanglante bataille de Monte Cassino. a la fin de 1944, le bataillon a ete expedie en Grece avec le lieutenantgeneral Ronald Scobie et son IIIe corps, y restant jusqu en 1946 pour aider a calmer la guerre civile grecque apres le retrait allemand. Le 2e bataillon etait une unite de l armee reguliere basee en Irlande du Nord au debut de la guerre. Le bataillon, sous le commandement du lieutenantcolonel Manley James, a ete rejoint par les 4e et 5e bataillons du regiment de la 133e brigade d infanterie (Royal Sussex) dans le cadre de la 44e division d infanterie (Home Counties). Le 4e regiment Royal Sussex etait alors commande par le lieutenantcolonel Lashmer Whistler. Le 2e bataillon a ete envoye en France en avril 1940, pour rejoindre la Force expeditionnaire britannique (BEF), participant a la bataille de France et a la retraite ulterieure a Dunkerque ou ils ont ete evacues en Angleterre lors de l evacuation de Dunkerque. La brigade a ete envoyee en Afrique du Nord en mai 1942, ou ils ont combattu a la bataille d Alam el Halfa en septembre 1942 et a la bataille d El Alamein en octobre 1942. Royal Sussex MK II helmet. MK II helmet shell. Interior of the shell oxidised. Complete liner except for the drawstring. Manufacturer markings present but illegible. Approximately 80% of the thick sand yellow paint remaining. The liner retaining screw appears to have been replaced. Royal Sussex Regiment cap badge attached to the front of the shell. The badge appears to have been glued in place. Complete MK II chinstrap. Smallmesh camouflage net with some visible tears. Some wear and patina to the piece. Condition II+. The 1st Battalion was based in Egypt at the beginning of the Second World War after having been sent to Palestine in 1938. The battalion initially formed part of the 23rd Infantry Brigade. In October 1940, the battalion was transferred to the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade of the 4th Indian Infantry Division, with which it remained for the rest of the war. The battalion, briefly commanded by Geoffrey Charles Evans, took part in the Western Desert Campaign and the Italian Campaign, where it was involved in the bloody Battle of Monte Cassino. At the end of 1944, the battalion was sent to Greece with LieutenantGeneral Ronald Scobie and his III Corps, remaining there until 1946 to assist during the Greek Civil War following the German withdrawal. The 2nd Battalion was a Regular Army unit based in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the war. The battalion, under the command of LieutenantColonel Manley James, was joined by the regiment s 4th and 5th Battalions in the 133rd Infantry Brigade Royal Sussex as part of the 44th Home Counties Infantry Division. The 4th Royal Sussex Regiment was then commanded by LieutenantColonel Lashmer Whistler. The 2nd Battalion was sent to France in April 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force and took part in the Battle of France and the subsequent retreat to Dunkirk, where it was evacuated to England during the Dunkirk evacuation. The brigade was sent to North Africa in May 1942, where it fought at the Battle of Alam el Halfa in September 1942 and the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.