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Kiwi · 10-25-2020, 11:21 AM

I still have my Japanese Helmet.
Found in Papuan (New Guinea) jungle at Ioribaiwa the furthest point the Japanese reached on the Kakoda campaign.

Around 1977 I and a few others hiked to Ioribaiwa and looked around. The helmet was in a foxhole and pretty rusty after 50 years in tropical rainforest.
There were also a bunch of cookpots and bottles found in the trenches there. No sign is still obvious, I looked with the perspective "The Australians are on that ridge over there (Imita) and shooting at me, where do I make a foxhole or trench". Then dig.
Most were just filled with leaves and debris, so digging with long pole to encourage inhabitants to leave (venomous snakes)

I did clean it up and lacquered to prevent additional rust.
2 of the 3 anchor points for the liner are still original.

I guess the original user had a shrapnel problem

10-25-2020, 11:21 AM	#6
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 320 Thanks: 229 Thanked 456 Times in 180 Posts	japanese Helmet I still have my Japanese Helmet. Found in Papuan (New Guinea) jungle at Ioribaiwa the furthest point the Japanese reached on the Kakoda campaign. Around 1977 I and a few others hiked to Ioribaiwa and looked around. The helmet was in a foxhole and pretty rusty after 50 years in tropical rainforest. There were also a bunch of cookpots and bottles found in the trenches there. No sign is still obvious, I looked with the perspective "The Australians are on that ridge over there (Imita) and shooting at me, where do I make a foxhole or trench". Then dig. Most were just filled with leaves and debris, so digging with long pole to encourage inhabitants to leave (venomous snakes) I did clean it up and lacquered to prevent additional rust. 2 of the 3 anchor points for the liner are still original. I guess the original user had a shrapnel problem Attached Thumbnails