Soviet M36 steelhelmet, early

[Dimas]

Here is my one, made 1940, painted with the same paint as the Ssh-39 and without the star on the front.

A very nice one, by regulation of 1940 year, the stars no more stenciled to the helmets. Your is very nice and very rare one!

[Jager1945]

Barnacle Wharf Trading co. (BFW) Ohio, used to sell these years ago. 70s I think. I tried to buy one and alas too late. No more left in stock!
I was so sad. Price was around $20 dollars I seem to remember. I knew I would regret not jumping when they first went on sale.

The used to issue a printout catalog with like twenty or thirty pages (pre internet days). Look at the prices now!!

Cheers for the olden days,

-Jaeger

[Jager1945]

Johnny Havock,

I'm still hooked. I know I 'll eventually get one of them, even a shell would be great. I fact during WWII the troops would remove most of he liner so that their cold weather shapka could fit inside!

cheers,

-Rob

[drm3m]

Hi Dimas,

A few years ago you and Michael Baskette helped me with this helmet.
As I recall you mentionned that it may have been relined during the seige of Leningrad.
I have not been back to this Forum for a while and I see that you have a thread going on this subject so I thought that I would jump in.





1939 dated.



In the photo below I don't remember if I was using the helmet as a photo prop for the guns or the guns as a prop for the helmet.



David

[drm3m]

Sorry for the additional photos.
I think these photos show a more accurate view of the color and finish on this 1939 dated helmet.

David

[Wesley's Dad]

Superb example of a wartime reline. Many in the discovered lot that most of these helmets come from are really trashed on the interior.

[Ko de Bruin]

I bought recently a ssh36 as well, only shell and no liner, paint is almost gone, but i can not find any stamps anymore or any stamps in the steel shell itself...Where al helmets marked in the steel itself??

[bourguignotte]

Hello

I am not familiar with these stamps but its still nice to see a size 4. Quite unusual and something that will desapear from the next models

Bruno