Are either of these ww2 helmets or were they re-worked post war.
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The second option is the right one . -
The chinstraps are the pin and washer style, which would be correct for WW2. If I'm not mistaken, this was switched over to sewn chinstraps in the early 50's. Post war helmets were made with wartime materials.
Not seeing any of the ink stamps inside the shell that indicate the typical post war refurbishment. He says they are not visible, would that be because they are faded out or just not there or removed? Some fakers have been somewhat successful at removing the refurbishment stamps. They have also been successful at changing the "48" to a "43" on the ink factory stamp too. Once the stamps are gone, you have the indications of a war time helmet as long as the production stampings in the metal indicate that it was produced during the war if I remember correctly.
It is really hard to say with these that they are war time or post war refurbishment with out some more info or photos. Paint looks done by a brush. They could be war time helmets that were repainted early post war.Comment
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To me these are early postwar helmets.Comment
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Early postwar reworks. There is paint on the liner pads, so the ink stamps are painted over. So postwar reworks that have been painted yet again in the post war era. These have wider chinstraps with metal terminations on the end. These are post war type. There are Ssh-40 with metal terminated chinstraps, but they are the narrow type as on Ssh-39. This was discontinued some time in 1942/43 and replaced by an almost white web chinstrap with no metal tip on the end.
Stitched chinstraps on post war Ssh40 is not a date determined detail, but a factory difference. LMZ used the split pin and washer arrangement for all of their Ssh40 production. CE in Stalingrad used stitched chinstraps on their postwar Ssh40. Unsure off the top of my head what ZKO did postwar.Comment
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