Italian tropical pith reissued by wehrmacht

[NickG]

No it isn't.
This is the hole for the screened vents that are, obviously, missing.

Oh yes of course! No wonder it lines up like that!
I should have known ...having owned such a helmet!
Thanks for clearing that up!

[marvolo59]

Thank you guys; yes it's true, it is not bullet hole but hole for the vents unfotunally missing!!!
marvolo59

[TrondK]

Thats a nice helmet.

[Raffaello Carola]

Hi Mario,

nice pith helmet! an interesting photo of german troops with italian
pith helmets.
cheers
Raffaello

[Bond]

This neat German used example opens up the discussion on such piths lacking the green interior color, as some members (from Italy have claimed that those "all tan" types were not used until after ww2... (kept in storage and issued to post war Italian Police forces in Somalia or Etheopia...I don't remember now).
This proves the opposite! Great piece!

I have a KM reissued example and have seen pics of Heer & SS examples, some with the tan lining and others with the green lining, but they all have a version of a stamp that shows they were property of the Wehrmacht, Kreigsmarine or SS. This helmet has a similar stamp and though it is not the same, it is probably a good period original. Odd that the shields are so rusty, only seen that on relic examples.

Regards,

Jerry

[marvolo59]

Hallo , thank you guys; unfortunally insigna are relic, without paint !!

I like with this "patina"!

Cheers
marvolo59

[Semovente]

Nice Pith helmet Marvolo..I have a Tropical pith badged to the 12 Bersaglieri attached to Littorio armd div,it has a tan under side!.I have owned it 20+years,it was picked up by a Tobruk veteran!,he passed it on to me.He said even some Britsh troops wore them to ward of the sun!!!.

[marvolo59]

Thank you guys for yours opinion!!!!!
marvolo59