Help with Soviet Helmet

[GIZMO8Z]

Hello, all!

I got this from a local antique store from a local collector/ vendor who says he has had it since the early 1980s. He sold it to me for $25.

Two of the three liner pads have a funky geometrical pattern on them... one does not. There is a star stamping under the front visor part of the helmet. At the rear of the helmet it is marked: 3 3510 (What I think are number threes could be Cyrillic letters...?). Unfortunately, the ink stamp is right where some rust decided to spring up.

So! What do I have on my hands here?

Thank you so much in advance for your time and consideration!!



Of course I get excited any time I find a helmet big enough to fit my fat head... so of course I had to try it on!


Yes, I do walk around school or drive around in my car w helmets on sometimes...

[Adrian Stevenson]

Nice SSch40.

The material for the pads is quite often found. My '42 dated example has them.

Nice buy!

Cheers, Ade.

[Nitram]

Sweet deal. I like it.

My Czechoslovak re-issued shell has similar markings, star under the visor, and a serial number at the back.

Nitram

[GIZMO8Z]

Nice SSch40.

The material for the pads is quite often found. My '42 dated example has them.

Nice buy!

Cheers, Ade.

Thanks for the quick reply! I know it may be impossible to tell with the ink stamp being rusted over... but could you venture to guess who made this helmet and when it was made? I heard that the vast majority of WWII vintage Soviet helmets were brought back to the factory and updated for Cold War use...

[Adrian Stevenson]

Really impossible to say for sure on a maker? Most likely a post war refurb.

Cheers, Ade.

[GIZMO8Z]

As long as the helmet itself is WWII vintage, I'm thrilled!

[Dom]

Thanks for the quick reply! I know it may be impossible to tell with the ink stamp being rusted over... but could you venture to guess who made this helmet and when it was made? I heard that the vast majority of WWII vintage Soviet helmets were brought back to the factory and updated for Cold War use...

Hi ,

This type of chinstrap (green bottle) is used exclusively by the LMZ factory .
It seems that the stamp is deliberately obscured, however we recognize a spidermarking probably dated 1948.

[MySonsDad]

Looks good Giz. Our first SSch40 just happen to arrived just today as well!

[GIZMO8Z]

Looks good Giz. Our first SSch40 just happen to arrived just today as well!

Sounds great, can't wait to see it!

[MySonsDad]

Sounds great, can't wait to see it!

I'll snap a couple of photos in the morning and post......