Helmets of the West-German "Bundesgrenzschutz" - "Federal Border Guard " - M 1953 - Part 4 - New production without ventilation openings
Article about: I guess based on stamps a variant of the M53 helmet without ventilation openings was made from 1959 onwards. This eliminated another weak point in the helmet. The ventilation of the head was
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Helmets of the West-German "Bundesgrenzschutz" - "Federal Border Guard " - M 1953 - Part 4 - New production without ventilation openings
I guess based on stamps a variant of the M53 helmet without ventilation openings was made from 1959 onwards.
This eliminated another weak point in the helmet.
The ventilation of the head was sufficiently guaranteed by the interior fittings I53.
Nevertheless, the M1953 was probably produced in parallel for a certain period of time with and without a ventilation opening for the Federal Border Guard (BGS). I don't know the background. Possibly it was an attempt to wear it in the beginning.
Except for the missing ventilation openings, these helmets largely correspond to those of the M53 with openings.
Helmets of the West-German "Bundesgrenzschutz" - "Federal Border Guard " - M 1953 - Part 3 - New production with ventilation openings
Here, too, the earliest models have a slightly lighter rough finish. Later the color was black-green RAL 6012 and the paint was coarser/rougher.
For the liners see here:
Helmets of the West-German "Bundesgrenzschutz" - "Federal Border Guard " - M 1953 - Part 5 - The Liners
Regards
Last edited by Sleepwalker; 03-06-2022 at 11:19 AM.
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Excellent post SW. Thanks for the time you've put into it.
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Incredible collection! Thanks for showing!
Gruß Basti
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This is excellent information - and excellently presented with superb photographs - many thanks from me!
I've had a real interest in these postwar helmets for some time (I have just six) but of course they are hard going on impossible to obtain in the British Isles and without endless searching hard to find on, for example German Ebay. I'm genuinely curious, Sleepwalker, about for how long you've been collecting and researching them and where you find them. Please keep on with these very valuable posts - I'm saving them all for future reference - it is always worth remembering that nothing on the internet is absolutely permanent, even Warrelics.
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