NVA DDR M56 helmet military police
Article about: Hi guys this helmet arrived today and I am chuffed to bits. The smell when I opened the box was great old, rusty, musty, helmet and full of dust, spider webs and dead insects This helmet has
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Very interesting, Ian
the first version of M56, do not see many around.
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OldSteel
Very interesting, Ian
the first version of M56, do not see many around.
+1
it's a very good find, they are not very common, most have been refurbed with new liners and repainted
Im a fan of the early M56 stalhelms
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HEHEHE mine also had a dead spider! lucky it got through our tough customs!
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Watchdog
Nice find especially with the lid being an early M56
I remember during the "bad old days" of the Cold War these helmet covers were somewhat mythical usually only seen in DDR propaganda pics or sometimes on major parades.
I was totally amazed to find this one on Ebay.de and even more so when I won the auction at a price not much more than the much later lids that presently flood the market. It is practically mint and I think must have just lived in somebodys' locke!
The only stamp visible in the shell is the II size mark but the configuration of the shell and liner dates it to a fairly short period anyway.
You would think that with the size of the DDR forces there would be more of these but I believe they were "wasted out" before newer types were issued and that a lot were converted to later specs.
Regards
Mark
I can see a very faint 61? I think your helmet is dated 1961
the DDR also exported many of these to other countries like North Vietnam , Turkey, some were used in the Bosnian war, African Bush wars, others? it seems many of them were given away as military aid.
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Yeah I can see a faint 61 as well
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