Spanish Civil War Tanker's helm, worth it?
Article about: So I found this on a local auction site, and I'm wondering if it's worth a go? Originally the seller thought it was a NSKK or German WW2 Motorcycle dispatch rider's helmet - but instead beli
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Hello FinMC
this is a Spanish tank crewman helmet, copy of Italian M35, see at this link.
https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j...XTrK8hoWmPT4zg
for badges, this thread can help you:
Spanish helmet M1942 "Modelo Z"
Regards
Roberto
Last edited by OldSteel; 09-06-2016 at 09:51 PM.
Reason: add info
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Would you say that it would be worth trying to get? are these helmets easy to find and all that? (Not too knowledgeable of Spanish Civil War pieces!)
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This isn't especially easy to answer. The helmet is an Italian design, introduced in the middle 1930s, but I don't know for certain whether it was used during the Spanish Civil War, either by the Italian 'volunteers' or by Nationalists. Certainly it was used by the Spanish *after* the Civil War, for a number of years, and was manufactured in Spain. Used by some other countries also, probably Italian-made examples. Because of the obvious holes on the front this is very likely a Spanish issue and would have had the Nationalist eagle mounted.
I'm not a tank-helmet enthusiast so I don't really keep an eye on these, but I do have a strong feeling that lots of these came onto the surplus market some years ago. So not uncommon. I'd say that getting it depends on whether it interests you or not - just like everything really!
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Cheers for the answer, and that is a good way of thinking of it!
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