Some time ago I picked up this Ssh39. Leather strap (not canvas) looks period attached. The (non-textbook) inlet looks like oilcloth affixed inside out. It's fairly dried out. There's some wool/felt fabric used to fill the sides between liner and shell. Production year is 1941. It lacks the red stenciled star.
As to the pictures: please ignore the little 'haze' in the middle of the picture (the lens was not clean). The white spots on the shell are traces of probably overpainted whitewash.
Can anyone verify if the material from the inlet is the same type oilcloth used on the inlet of the 1st type Ssh39 (and the postwar Ssh40)?
Or just give your thoughts on this helmet ...
As to the pictures: please ignore the little 'haze' in the middle of the picture (the lens was not clean). The white spots on the shell are traces of probably overpainted whitewash.
Can anyone verify if the material from the inlet is the same type oilcloth used on the inlet of the 1st type Ssh39 (and the postwar Ssh40)?
Or just give your thoughts on this helmet ...
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