Polish Wz 67

[reneblacky]

The 3 of mine together 71,77 & new one ?

[Reibert]

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[Reibert]

HS Huta Silesia

[James C]

Very nice example Riebert and thanks for sharing the combination of helmet and net looks superb ,i might as well share a few of my examples to the thread although a bit of a mixture of Polish Wz 67 and Wz 67 /75 's used by other nations besides Poland

[Jack59]

I'm always amazed by the Wz75 for its sharp resemblance to the Wz31. To keep the link from one to the other there is the Wz31/50. After WW2 the Wz31 was manufactured again until 1950. Many of those were fitted with the new Wz50 cradle therefore known as the Wz31/50, until replaced by the Soviet looking Vz50.
From: World War Helmets - Casque Wz 31

[Greg Pickersgill]

Just so we're all on the same page, the Polish helmets have a 'WZ' prefix - the 'VZ' would be Czech ! It's no surprise the Polish steel helmets after the Wz50 have a more 'traditional' look like the wz31, which has a bit of an iconic status in Poland anyway, but also the Poles were not and still are not greatly enamoured of the Russians whether Czarist, Soviet or 'Federation' and as soon as they could get away with doing something more indigenously Polish than an ssh40 copy, they did.

[Estonian]

New addition to the collection. Wz67 shell with Wz50 liner.

[James C]

That is an interesting piece Estonian and the first i have seen of this type and i wonder how rare these cross over examples are ,even the liner rivet placements are in a similar position to the Wz 50 model ,good stuff and thanks for sharing

[Estonian]

POLACO 67

[James C]

You learn something new everyday Estonian thanks for sharing