I have come rather belatedly to this very informative post, and it has certainly helped clarify my understanding of Hungarian Stahlhelm. i have a number of examples, war-time and postwar from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Finland and Bulgaria. One these also bares both the Györ stamp on the left rim and the MAVAG stamp at the rear. Like you example the rivets for the rear loop are the flat Györ type. The liner is also interesting as, instead of the usual I-27 arrangement with a stuffed cushion under each pad, there is a long cloth tube, filled with horsehair, attached to the liner band by leather loops - I believe fire helmets have a similar arrangement. I also have a Bulgarian reissue 35M helmet, made by MAVAG which has a similar liner, but the loops attaching the horsehair filled cloth tube are cloth.
Do you have an explanation to these double markings? Were these perhaps helmets salvaged from the Györ plant and finished by MAVAG, You will note from the photo of the rear skirt that mine has two acceptance stamps.
Roger
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