I would agree that the helmets were exported to other countries and used by their forces. Since the IWM does not really go into the provenance and explanation as to why it believes this is an Italian...
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I would agree that the helmets were exported to other countries and used by their forces. Since the IWM does not really go into the provenance and explanation as to why it believes this is an Italian...
This crash helmet may have been used post war as a personal helmet or other maybe another official use...
Smitty
Looks similar to an NSKK crash helmet.. I can't speak for the authenticy of the stamps, which I believe were added later..
Just my thoughts
Smitty