M33 Italian artillery helmet

**FABRY** · 07-29-2013, 03:29 PM

That 'my helmet Italian heavy artillery, the yellow rod in the emblem should be qualified as a Balkan theater but I'm not sure ..... I think and hope it's all original WWII ....

**gel65** · 07-30-2013, 02:48 AM

Yes it is ww2, I was told that the leather straps were used during ww2 and that post war they began using other materials to use for the straps

**meyle77** · 07-30-2013, 03:09 AM

post-war chin strap was web

**relicz** · 07-30-2013, 03:21 AM

Yes WWII, please post a straight on photo of the front artillery stencil.

**GIZMO8Z** · 07-30-2013, 03:44 AM

Post war Italian helmets are also have bales that are trapezoidal in shape. Wartime helmets are rectangular in shape.

**FABRY** · 07-30-2013, 04:04 PM

by relicz

Yes WWII, please post a straight on photo of the front artillery stencil.

Hi all thanks for reply , this is the photo of stencil.

**gel65** · 07-31-2013, 12:58 AM

Stencil looks wartime but done very sloopy

**aghsmac1** · 07-31-2013, 08:39 AM

Nice find there, your WW2 M33 helmet in the mediterranean color was very common in Greece and Crete. Take a look at mine also. It's marked B 233 while yours is a T11 (if i see clearly next to the stiching).
aghs

**FABRY** · 07-31-2013, 03:21 PM

by aghsmac1

Nice find there, your WW2 M32 helmet in the mediterranean color was very common in Greece and Crete. Take a look at mine also. It's marked B 233 while yours is a T11 (if i see clearly next to the stiching).
aghs

True I had not noticed the number close to the stitching, is marked T1, but I do not know the meaning of these numbers ....

**aghsmac1** · 07-31-2013, 03:48 PM

The markings refers to the place of manufacturing and the batch number (otherwise the production code). Mine is B which is the factory Bassano di Grapa. Yours, perhaps is an AT (and not T) which is the factory Arsenales Turin.
aghs