1St Pattern Nskk Crash Helmet Auction Gibbons was ordered detached and

Gibbons was ordered detached and assigned to the U

It was "the severest disaster which has befallen the Navy in recent years" to quote the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy for that period

324 days) and the East Indies (5 years

with old tattered ribbon

1St Pattern Nskk Crash Helmet Auction Gibbons was ordered detached and1st Pattern NSKK Crash Helmet Molded, smooth, blackened leather helmet with raised, padded, protective bars running horizontally around the helmets bottom edge (stitching removed), and another one running from front to back over the crown top. Helmet has a single ventilation grommet with screen to each side of crown. Front center of helmet has a 1st pattern NSKK stylized national eagle. The eagle is still very firmly held in its correct position.