DDR Parade Helmets ... Case Study

[olivyaya]

how many DDR PARADE HELMETS types are there ???
Check out my study and give me your comments please !
http://sites.estvideo.net/cold-war/c...que-parade.htm

Cheers !
Olivier

[tony james]

hi olivyaya

nice collection of parade helmets.the one on the bottom that is dated 1961
i would think is the first type . the one in the middle is possibly post 1965/66. i
say that because that was the year that they made a lot of changes in the
uniform and some field equipment for economical reasons(after 65 the quality
was cheapened).and the top helmet i would guess being the last model they
used.

tony

[olivyaya]

in fact if you have a close look at the date you can see two dates : 1961 (II/61) and 1959 (IV/59) as if had been reconditionned... which would explain the two size stamp (one over the other) 58 being covered by a 57.
Top helmet is definitely late issue... liner is marked P (as far as I can remember).