Original Belgian Post WWII British Style Paratrooper Helmet with Camouflage Pattern - Paracommando Regiment Technical Handbooks & Manuals is to the waistband

is to the waistband

but it was also designed to get an additional recoil boost from the propellant gases exiting the muzzle

This is described in the paragraph below the framed print

This wonderful example is complete and marked on the left front:

Original Belgian Post WWII British Style Paratrooper Helmet with Camouflage Pattern - Paracommando Regiment Technical Handbooks & Manuals is to the waistbandOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a 1950s Belgian made Paratrooper Helmet which was modeled after the British WWII Mk. II paratrooper helmet. Often you encounter these helmets with the Belgian flag removed on the sides of the helmet, just like this one, to pass off as a British one. This example also has a great applied camouflage pattern. These would have been issued to not only paratroopers but to armored troops, or