Rivets on German Gefechtshelm

[Glider]

Hello all,

here a litle question about the rivets on the german Gefechtshelm.

I saw differen types of rivets - the round, a flat oval and a angular type.

Here a Picture of the 3 types.

I even wore a helmet with the flat oval rivets during my time at the Bundeswehr. But also saw the the round ones.

Maybe someone have an answer.

[Towarish]

Habe de Ehre,

I think it depends on the producer.
I have witnessed the flat round rivet (second picture) on Induyco made helmets and the typ shown on the first photo on Schuberth helmets.
IMO the 3rd photo shows a Schuberth rivet as well.

TL, Gefechtshelm allgemein
http://daten.bwb.org/AG-Bund/TL/Daten/84700004.pdf

TL, Gefechtshelm springende Truppenteile
http://daten.bwb.org/AG-Bund/TL/Daten/84700008.pdf

Cheers,
Phil

[Glider]

Thank you Phil,

that sounds plausible! My helmet was indeed a Schuberth.

[Jeroen P]

I have a Schuberth Helmet with rivets of the second type:



On the other hand, this is an export helmet, made by Schuberth for the Belgian army, and it has rivets of the first type:

[Glider]

Hmm thats strange - maybe the change over the years?

I saw all three rivets on "Bund" marked Helmets - and as i told before i wore a Schuberth with the flat rivets at my serive time in the Bundeswehr.

Even the Fallschirmjägerhelm of the Bundeswehr has these flat rivets.

[Towarish]

My issued helmet has the flat round rivets (got it in 2007).
It's completely unmarked so I don't know the producer.

Cheers,

[Glider]

Here are some picture of all three types used by the Bundeswehr.



Flat Oval:



Round:



Angular:

[Glider]

Here another - The flat oval rivet (right) and the angular rivet (left) together

[Jeroen P]

I think I'll print out that photo and put it between my collection of Bundeswehr helmets