List,
The following helmet is not Soviet, it is an postwar Polish helmet. I cannot offer an opinion on the question of the seller knowing this or not. Looks like someone is bidding on what seems to them to be a bargain priced Ssh-39. :hurl
The differences are numerous and begin with the leather chinstrap. Second the liner is not correct for the early leather lined Ssh-39. The latter seem to universally be in a buff white leather with nine tongues regardless of size. (At least 56-60 as those I have viewed;the 56 I own). The metal eyelets at the apex of the tongues are not found in the Soviet helmets of this type either
Mike
The following helmet is not Soviet, it is an postwar Polish helmet. I cannot offer an opinion on the question of the seller knowing this or not. Looks like someone is bidding on what seems to them to be a bargain priced Ssh-39. :hurl
The differences are numerous and begin with the leather chinstrap. Second the liner is not correct for the early leather lined Ssh-39. The latter seem to universally be in a buff white leather with nine tongues regardless of size. (At least 56-60 as those I have viewed;the 56 I own). The metal eyelets at the apex of the tongues are not found in the Soviet helmets of this type either
Mike
