East German Helmet ID

[Mark K]

Gentlemen could someone help me decipher the stamp in this lid wondering if one of them is a date stamp . Im thinking its a original looked at quite a few today searching on the net to compare it to.It was cheap enough so I bought it will make a nice one for helmet and headgear collection .

Regards Mark K

[battle gear]

looks like

I I

09

70

II = size two [medium shell size]

09 = manufactured in September

70 = year of maufacture 1970

you have an non riveted smooth shell the last model , a nice Vietnam War era helmet , these were also used by the North Vietnamese anti aircraft gunners

does the liner have any ink stamps like NVA and a letter ? this is a code and you can also tell what year the liner was made, if the helmet has a matching year liner it should be stamped with a letter M that stands for 1970 year of manufacture

1968: K
- 1969 : Z
- 1970 : M
- 1971 : X
- 1972 : B
- 1973 : L
- 1974 : O
- 1975 : S
- 1976 : R
- 1977 : A
- 1978 : U
- 1979 : F
- 1980 : E
- 1981 : G
- 1982 : I
- 1983 : C
- 1984 : H
- 1985 : T
- 1986 : P
- 1987 : L
- 1988 : Y
- 1989 : N
- 1990 : D

[Mark K]

I will have a closer look at the liner when I get home from work after I feed the cows thanks appreciate the time you put into researching the helmet battlegear I will let you know.

Regards Mark K

[A trench Dude]

Nice helmet! I have one from 1981.

[cricketchris1944]

What is the year for those that have the rivets.
chris

[Mark K]

Battle gear this Helmet liner is marked on the liner on the reverse side of one of the tonuges NVA m/1 So does this mean it is an North Vietnamese Helmet or are thoes just letter codes to ID the helmet.

Regards Mark K

[battle gear]

Battle gear this Helmet liner is marked on the liner on the reverse side of one of the tonuges NVA m/1 So does this mean it is an North Vietnamese Helmet or are thoes just letter codes to ID the helmet.

Regards Mark K

the NVA marking is not for North Vietnamese, The acronym means NVA Nationale Volksarmee [National People's Army] followed by the number of the quarter and year code.

those are codes to identify the date of manufacture, sounds like you have a matching year of manufacture since it is marked with the letter M that is a 1970 liner

the 1 is probably the first quarter of the year like January - March 1970

helmets supplied to the Vietnamese would be the same ones used by the East Germans, no special markings

[battle gear]

What is the year for those that have the rivets.
chris

the early shells with rivets were manufactured from 1956 - 1966 but after 1966 they would have relined them with the new style adjustable liners up unitil reunification in 1990

[cricketchris1944]

My helmet has the markings
66
64
chris

[talltom]

very nice helmet mark looks nice
brilliant information battle gear you clearly know your stuff

tom