The Ssh39 Twin Helmets

[Bernhard]

Hi fellow collectors ,

I want to show a pair of soviet helmets that have quite some similarities
regarding both the model of helmet and the way they survived the war and
many years of storage.

Both helmets show about the same amount of rust on the outside and both helmets have the same damage to their chinstraps.

Both helmets are made from the same maker LMZ in 41.

Here are some pics :

[Bernhard]

The other helmet :

[Bernhard]

Front shot of first helmet : note the damaged chinstrap.

[Bernhard]

Second helmet having the same damage but repaired with staples:

[Bernhard]

Both helmets are made by LMZ in 41 .
They differ in the shell size : one is a size 2 and the other is a 3 !

[Bernhard]

Detail of the stamp in the size 2 helmet.

[Bernhard]

To my greatest surprise these helmets have the same number 735 stamped in the neck.

The meaning of this stamp is still not clear to me.
I remember having read that this number indicates "the shift doing the painting" .

Hope you like them both as much as I do !

Regards

Bernhard

[Soviet]

Nice helmets Bernhard! You must have one of the best Soviet helmet collection in Austria!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Bernhard, they are both great helmets.

Cheers, Ade.

[BPA-Paul]

Hello Bernhard,

Nice soviet helmets, well done !!

[Dolm_be]

Nice helmets Bernhard!
Thanks for showing, very interesting!

MfG,
Dolm_be