No this is the blockade replacement chinstrap seen fitted to most all blockade rebuilt Ssh-36 and Ssh-39 helmets. It is what I would have expected to see on the Ssh-36 helmet you showed us, but yours has a factory Ssh-39 chinstrap fitted instead.
An original, standardized production, Ssh-36 strap is made of very narrow web and has a couple of different buckle styles.
Thanks . sorry i got it wrong on my last chinstrap . I wonder if these were only made in Leningrad ? Maybe other parts of Soviet union too? most of the 36 patt helmets in Shalitos book RKKA 1917-45 show leather straps , probably quicker to make than webbing ones , like on my 1940 . though this one isnt backed in fabric . Generally the leather is thin and must have easily brocken under combat conditions .
There are not many helmets in Shalito's book, I think it is the same one or two helmets used in many photos. Photos on 52, 63, 85, 104, and 109 show only one or two helmets. Most are the same single helmet. The most photographed example is clearly a blockade helmet. You can tell by the rivet position, high on the shell. The photo on 52 is not clear enough to say the cloth back is not present. It could be dirty and hard to see, or it could be torn off near the end of the strap where such damage would be most expected. The other photo, on 109 I think, does show the cloth backing. Interesting is that this type of Ssh-36 also shows up in Shalito's first book, the small one from EuropaPress. I think it is generally accepted that these helmets were reconditioned in Leningrad during the blockade.
Thanks all! I will post a pic of the chinstrap when it comes, but I'm going to say right now post war. May send it back.
On the post war helemets, why not buy a couple of early ones since they are so inexpensive. I have seen 1948 dated examples go for $25.00 US. I collect Korea era and Viet Nam, Central America (Contra War) Stuff so you can't go wrong, plus they are very clean examples and I feel over looked.
Mark
Mark, your helmet is'nt repainted, that is a very nice factory painted helmet, to be true, I never thought about the chinstrap fastening period.
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Dimas
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Ok . Here it is Dom . I got it from shalito in Moscow back in 1994 .
Its a big size with the brushed cotton lining looking like material left over from late style budionovkas. Theres a faint ink stamp ive tried to photograph,' May 1942 ' at rear inside. the other stamps have rubbed away .
Thanks Rob , nice and rare helmet ZKO factoryOk . Here it is Dom . I got it from shalito in Moscow back in 1994 .
Its a big size with the brushed cotton lining looking like material left over from late style budionovkas. Theres a faint ink stamp ive tried to photograph,' May 1942 ' at rear inside. the other stamps have rubbed away .
Ssch 40. 1942 dated by ZKO factory
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