Authorized in June of 1877 the regulation Foreign Service Helmet, was made of cork and covered in white cloth with six seams. It was worn throughout the empire, and this pattern remained in use until replaced by the Wolsely pattern helmet.

Despite what movies suggest the helmet was typically worn without a badge. Officer's helmets typically utilized the same type of chinscales as the Home Service Helmet. This example is covered in doeskin, which was a common covering for private purchase officer's helmets.

This example was formerly owned by Major C. Venables-Llewelyn of the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry. This example is complete with its correct original white metal chin chain. It was produced by Hamburger Rogers & Son King Street, Covent Garden, London.

It features the puggaree, which was authorized for wear on the helmets in 1877. This cloth wrap around the outer headband of the helmet, for station in Malta, India, Ceylon, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, the West Indies and Bermuda, St. Helena, Canada, West Africa and the Cape. The purpose of this cotton cloth wrapping was to help keep the helmet cool.

Introduced in May 1878 the regulation Home Pattern Helmet, or Home Service Helmet, was made of cork covered in blue cloth, with two seams on each side. The chinstrap was made of interlocking brass rings backed with leather and attached to the helmet on two side rosettes, and when not worn (as shown in the photograph) attached to a rear hook. The 3 1/2 inch spike and base was fitted on the top of the helmet, ornamented with a rossette in the center and rosettes at the end of the cross plate.

These helmets had a plate that featured an eight-point star, surmounted by a crown. In the center was the Garter belt with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense decorated with a spray of laurels. Below the Garter was the silver scroll with regimental title.

This example features the 1881 pattern badge of The Northamptonshire Regiment. In silver, on a black-velvet ground, the Castle and Key; on a scroll above reads Gibraltar and on a scroll below, Talavera.

This helmet was made by Landon Co of Regent St, London.

A Home Service Helmet of the Royal Field and Garrison Artillery, which adopted the helmet pattern in 1878. These helmets featured the a ball on top in place of the infantry spike, as well as a helmet plate in gilt brass with the design of the Royal Arms with the gun below. Above the gun in a scroll is the word Ubique and below the gun on another scroll the words Quo Fas et Gloria ducunt. The plate measured 3 7/8-inches high and 3-inches across.

This maker of this particular example is unknown, but it was owned by an "H.C. Taylor."

Volunteer Rifle Regiments used the 1878 Pattern Home Service Helmet, covered in gray cloth with two seams at eash site. At the back and front are peaks covered in gray cloth and bound round the bottom edge in leather. The hardware is blackened brass.

The helmet plate is in the shape of a Maltese Cross surmonuted by a crown. In the cross was a circle with the the unit's badge, designed by William Wyon, which shows the heads of the Roman gods Mars and Minerva in profile.

The Artists' Rifles formed in 1859, part of the widespread volunteer movement which developed in the face of potential French invasion after Felice Orsini's attack on Napoleon III was linked to Britain. The group was organised in London by Edward Sterling, an art student, and comprised various professional painters, musicians, actors, architects and others involved in creative endeavours. It was established on 28 February 1860 as the 38th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps, with headquarters at Burlington House. Its first commanders were the painters Henry Wyndham Phillips and Frederic Leighton.

Commonly called the topi, the Wolseley sun helmet was used throughout the late 19th century, and remained in service through the Second World War. The body is cork covered with khaki drill cloth, with six seams. These helmets were typically bound around the headband with a khaki pugree.

This helmet example is likely from the pre-WWI era, and was produced by Cearn & Company in Nairobi. It features a red silk lining, suggesting that it was a private purchase officer's helmet.

This helmet example is from the WWI period, and features the patch of the Lancashire Fusiliers. This unit fought at the infamous Gallipoli campaign in 1915.

This helmet example is from the interwar period. It features the naval blue and white pugree.

The India Pattern Foreign Service Helmet, more commonly known as the "Bombay Bowler." This type of helmet was highly popular with British regiments during the Second World War in India and Burma, while also being popular with officers in North Africa.

This example was made in India, and features a front badge of the Northamptonshire Regiment. These badges were not typically worn in the field, but were common behind the lines by many soldiers.

The Wolseley pattern helmet has been the standard dress headgear for the Royal Marines, featuring a ball on top, a distinction once standard for artillerymen. This derives from the part of the Corps that was once the Royal Marine Artillery. This example is dated 1973.

Introduced in 1916 this helmet was made from non-magnetic manganese steel. These helmets were produced between September 1915 and February 1919.

Based on the design of the German M38, this helmet features a canvas chinstrap and special padded liner. The shell was also used by dispatch riders and tank personnel during and after World War II. This model paratrooper helmet remained in service until the 1980s when it was replaced by the MkIV Kevlar helmet.

This example is dated 1943, and has the BMB maker stamp.

The MkII paratrooper helmet shell was also used for dispatch riders during and after World War II. It was introduced in 1942 and features a front pad and leader neck flap that forms a double chinstrap.

Introduced in the late 1970s this helmet is made of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) with a plastic and nylon liner.