Opinions on this NK helmet?

[Homer Hodge]

Not sure of the era of this helmet

[Homer Hodge]

Another view

[bolo]

Hungarian m50

it's not North Korean, it's a Hungarian M50

http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/hungary-m50-cont.html

[jerryrehr]

I sure like it what ever it is. NK?
Jerry

[Homer Hodge]

Thanks, Bolo! You are right; it appears to be Hungarian. Unlike the insignia on the helmet at frames #1 and #2, the North Korean insignia has an outer ring of blue and an inner ring in red as pictured here. I should have paid closer attention.

[Tom B]

I would have never spotted that either ! Tom

[vacollector]

KPA helmets during the War ( and still are ) where mostly Soviet surplus from WWII. From most of the evidence and pictures I have seen, they where not widely used. A few of the pre- Warsaw Pact armies forming behind the Iron Curtain in the early years also used these helmets. Buyer beware !