italian m33

[sscrooge]

Hi guys I know zero on Italian helmets so any help appreciated, I just got this m33 the seller told me it was brought back by an intelligence officer in 5th us army it came also with a sand camo fj lid which bill Shea got from same vets family allegedly these were brought back from monte cassino

[sscrooge]

under the black paint at front there appears to be a stencil in red/orange

[sscrooge]

I have just been informed the red stencil is a hand done fascio littorio poss black brigade battaglioni

[sscrooge]

Courtesy Massimo gelli

[sscrooge]

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[tankredi]

Nice find!

The only thing I do not like about this helmet are the flat hammered rivets that hold the liner ring in the shell.
Could you please post a couple of picture of the prongs of the rivets seen from the inside of the shell.

[sscrooge]

Hi do you mean this ?

[sscrooge]

Also this wrote in dome

[tankredi]

Hi do you mean this ?

Yes!
The other two?

[sscrooge]

:-)

[sscrooge]

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[sscrooge]

Hi tankredi are these pics ok ? Cheers dave

[tankredi]

Hi tankredi are these pics ok ? Cheers dave

Yes they are.

There are traces of repaint (other shade of paint+paint runner) and of manipulation on the rivet prongs + 2 flat hammered rivets.
This means the liner ring was reinstalled at a point.
When? This is another question.
However, back in 1944 or '45 when they had to repair a broken liner, I think they had better things to than repainting the rivet prongs.

Nevertheless a nice and very interesting helmet, despite the reinstalled liner ring.

[sscrooge]

Yes they are.

There are traces of repaint (other shade of paint+paint runner) and of manipulation on the rivet prongs + 2 flat hammered rivets.
This means the liner ring was reinstalled at a point.
When? This is another question.
However, back in 1944 or '45 when they had to repair a broken liner, I think they had better things to than repainting the rivet prongs.

Nevertheless a nice and very interesting helmet, despite the reinstalled liner ring.

Thank you for your help on this regds Dave

[Paolo Marzetti]

Good WWII helmet almost surely of the BBNN. PaoloM