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Western Australian baseball batting helmets

c. 1985
Overview

Two fibreglass baseball batting helmets with black visors and yellow painted crowns. The fibreglass has a lot of scratches and missing paint. They have two air holes in the top of the crowns, internal headhands of brown vinyl and no lining. The helmets have the manufacturer's label inside, indicating they are different sizes; one size 'M', the other size 'L'. The medium size helmet has a circular, 6cm foam padding disc attached to the centre of the inside of the crown. The padding is missing from the large helmet. The medium size helmet has a 3cm (approx.) crack in the fibreglass on the right-hand side lower rim. On the larger helmet approximately 20cm of the lower rim on the back is missing or damaged.

Historical information

The batting practice helmets would have been used by a Western Australian State baseball team during the 1980s.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.555
Item type
Material
Width
19 cm
Height or length
14 cm
Depth
28 cm
Inscriptions and markings

[Manufacturer's label in helmet size M.]
'M'
'Head size 6⅞ - 7'
'Made in Japan'

[Manufacturer's label in helmet size L.]
'Made in Japan'
'L'
'Head size 7⅛ - 7¼'

Contextual Information

These batting helmets were passed to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Doug Corker.

Place made
Japan
Year
Statement of significance

These batting helmets are a rare addition to the Museum's collection of baseball equipment.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
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