British Army steel helmet recovered from the beach at Zuydcoote near Dunkirk.
British Army steel helmet found in the sand dunes between the small seaside towns of Bray Dunes and Zuydcoote. The helmet still retains the insignia of 1st Corps BEF, whose final headquarters were in one of the beachside villas at the edge of the town of Bray Dunes, close to the dunes where it was found. The scene around the HQ was depicted in a sketch made by the nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, the then Captain John Churchill, Royal Engineers, O.C. 102 Provost Company.