Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar?

enveroxa · 03-15-2013, 03:13 PM

Hi, I ask you about this helmet,
Internally it has find all the war, but lacks the stamp identification.

The interior looks good and I think the colour while the belt is the classic fabric.
As you can see it also has a darker paint stands for re-use.
The only visible mark is imprinted in the last picture, I did not open the inside to see the ball well
but are filled with a species of cotton.

I think it could be a war Ssh40 subsequently reused by a Warsaw Pact countries.
What do you think?

Sorry for bad English

komarovski · 03-16-2013, 09:39 AM

Hello,

My opinion post war.
Possible not soviet because chinstrap.

enveroxa · 03-16-2013, 11:33 AM

Thanks Komarovski,
I think it's ww2 and then reconditioned by another state,
perhaps also changed chinstrap. But I do not know ..
I think this also for the star that seems low visibility during the war.
What do you say?
We can say with certainty from the star and the serial number?
If you need other pictures are ready

Thank you very much

Enveroxa

***CtahhR*** · 03-16-2013, 12:00 PM

This helmet has certainly seen post-GPW service. As for in which nation it is anyone's guess...

I don't think it's Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria but that still leaves a lot of Armies.
Pick a name out of a helmet?

enveroxa · 03-16-2013, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CtahhR

This helmet has certainly seen post-GPW service. As for in which nation it is anyone's guess...

I don't think it's Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria but that still leaves a lot of Armies.
Pick a name out of a helmet?

Thank

but inside of the helmet not there are names of people.
You intend to say that it is a helmet of aviation?

enveroxa · 03-17-2013, 01:29 PM

Sorry guys maybe I wrote a mistake ..
What was GPW?
Patience but I know good Italian ww1 ww2 daggers and bayonets ..

Enveroxa

Bagration · 03-18-2013, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enveroxa

We can say with certainty from the star and the serial number?
If you need other pictures are ready

Enveroxa

Hi ,

If you have clearer pictures .

Regards

enveroxa · 03-18-2013, 04:25 AM

Thanks CtahhR, I know of what we speak .. We have sent the CSIR Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia that has suffered many losses, also called ARMIR Italian Army in Russia.
We do not use the acronym GPW in Italy. If we talk about the Soviet militaria define soviet ww2.
Ok there is always more to learn!

Bagration which areas you in particular?
When I can send more pictures.

Thanks

Bagration · 03-18-2013, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enveroxa

Bagration which areas you in particular?
When I can send more pictures.

Thanks

A clear picture of the batch number and the chinstrap .

Cheers

Lapa · 03-18-2013, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CtahhR

This helmet has certainly seen post-GPW service...

Quote:

Originally Posted by enveroxa

...We do not use the acronym GPW in Italy. If we talk about the Soviet militaria define soviet ww2...

Enveroxa,

In fact, GPW is the translation of the Russian term used to refer to what the rest of the world calls WW2 :cool:

Marc

03-16-2013, 09:39 AM	#2
komarovski New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3	Re: Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar? Hello, My opinion post war. Possible not soviet because chinstrap.

03-16-2013, 11:33 AM	#3
enveroxa Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 53	Re: Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar? Thanks Komarovski, I think it's ww2 and then reconditioned by another state, perhaps also changed chinstrap. But I do not know .. I think this also for the star that seems low visibility during the war. What do you say? We can say with certainty from the star and the serial number? If you need other pictures are ready Thank you very much Enveroxa

03-16-2013, 12:00 PM	#4
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar? This helmet has certainly seen post-GPW service. As for in which nation it is anyone's guess... I don't think it's Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria but that still leaves a lot of Armies. Pick a name out of a helmet? __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

03-17-2013, 01:29 PM	#6
enveroxa Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 53	Re: Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar? Sorry guys maybe I wrote a mistake .. What was GPW? Patience but I know good Italian ww1 ww2 daggers and bayonets .. Enveroxa

03-18-2013, 04:25 AM	#8
enveroxa Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 53	Re: Ssh40 Helmet GPW Or Postwar? Thanks CtahhR, I know of what we speak .. We have sent the CSIR Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia that has suffered many losses, also called ARMIR Italian Army in Russia. We do not use the acronym GPW in Italy. If we talk about the Soviet militaria define soviet ww2. Ok there is always more to learn! Bagration which areas you in particular? When I can send more pictures. Thanks

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