Kaska 3KO from 54r

[Bernhard]

My fellow collectors ,

I have a great interrest in soviet helmets that is not limited to
the WWII issue helmets.
Here we have a nice and from my observation not so often seen
1954 dated example that has been made by the 3KO maker.
I especially like the brown artificial leather.
Am I right by assuming that 3KO means something like "red october factory "

In another thread one collector asked about the approximate date
when the chinstraps were sewn on to the bales and not longer fixed with those small split rivets.
For a very long time I thought that from around 1953 produced helmets started to show bar tacked (sewn on) chinstraps.
Now I have got this ´54r with split pins....

Here some photos ..

[Dom]

Hi Bernhard

Am I right by assuming that 3KO means something like "red october factory "

You are correct, 3KO (Zavod Krasniy Oktyabr ) Red October factory.

I think the chinstraps are sewn on helmets product by the CT factory (Stalingradskiy Traktorskiy Zavod) only 1954 to 1960.
I've never seen a helmet 3K0 mint with the sewn chinstraps .

[Bernhard]

Thank you very much for this information , Dom !

Regards

Bernhard

[Sebastien]

Hi,
I had a helmet made in the factory "Red October", these helmet were with the sewn chinstraps . I can not remember exactly the year of production, about the end of the fifties and early sixties.

[Dom]

Hello Sebastian,
can you show us and helmet markings??
Thank you

[Sebastien]

Sorry guys, I threw this helmet when my relatives drove me out home.
And it was not the only Soviet helmet threw me.