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**SCARCE**WW2 Era Russian Army Ssh-36 (Model 36) Steel Combat Helmet With Unit / Formation Marks Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 22147 - 22147
The Ssh-36 (Model 36) was a steel combat helmet developed and used by the Red Army. It was designed by Aleksandr A. Shvartz with production started in 1936.[1] Its large front rim and wide flares over the ears provided good protection for the wearer. The German M35, introduced a year before the Russian SSh-36, served as a model for the development of the SSh-36. The SSh-36 was also fitted with a comb on top, which allowed for ventilation. There were also apocryphal claims that the comb was designed to deflect sabre blows. The SSh-36 was worn by Soviet soldiers in several campaigns of the late 1930s and 1940s, including the Khalkin Gol campaign against the Japanese in 1939, the Finnish Winter War of 1939–1940, the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1940 invasions of the Baltic states and Bessarabia, and in World War II. It was also distributed to the Republican soldiers of the Spanish Civil War in conjunction with Soviet support of the Spanish government. Production of the SSh-36 ended in 1941. This is an excellent scarce WW2 era Russian Sssh-36 steel combat helmet in excellent condition (see image 1 where a period image of these helmets being worn during WW2 by a Soviet Machine Gun crew is illustrated). The helmet has no dents and original green paint. The left and right sides have black painted circles most likely unit or formation marks. The rim of the helmet has numbers ''4 1606' most likely a batch number. The helmet has its original leather liner with draw cord and webbing chin strap with buckle. The leather is ink stamped with ‘III’ within roundel mark. The leather and webbing are clean with just light service wear. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22147
£345.00

U.S. WWII Navy Lace up Canvas Skull Cap Ear Receivers for the Portable Miniature RBZ Receiver. HE 851. - HE 851
The RBZ was a portable miniature valve-based receiver, introduced in 1943 by the Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation in New York (USA) for the US Navy. The receiver was used during Naval raids – for example during the D-Day landings – but also by resistance groups for the reception of BBC broadcasts. In Naval use, the soldier's metal helmet would be used as the antenna. A short piece of fixed wire (approx. 70 cm) and a screw-on terminal is used to connect the receiver to the helmet. Although it is uncertain whether these radios were issued to US Marines during WWII, it has now been confirmed that British SAS troops used the RBZ Radio during Operation Houndsworth in Morvan (France) in June 1944. Marked ‘CVH-10204’ to the inside of one flap. Both receivers are present *untested*. The canvas and straps are in very good order. The price includes UK delivery. HE 851. (Soft headwear Box)
£195.00

WWII German Model M30 Gas Mask and Canister. HE 850. - HE 850
This is a good example of a Model M30 Gas Mask and Canister, complete with its harness in which is also in very good condition. The M30 gas mask is in the standard black rubber with cloth covered, rubberised canvas. The metal fittings have been painted in a tan colour for tropical use. The filter is complete and stamped with a makers code “FE” and 42 date on the filter. The is complete with a sheet metal construction GM38 carrying canister with canvas carrying strap. It has been painted in the standard green feldgrau paint with a topcoat of light grey. The GM30 uses a 6-point head harness. The mask mainly stayed the same throughout the years; only the valve house changed. The first model has a simple valve house with a slightly separated intake screw part. The second one is the most well-known one, where the exhale and the inhale are in one flat plain. This update was implemented because the valve was soiled quickly, and the soldiers hit their front teeth while falling. The pair are in very good overall condition. The price includes UK delivery. HE 850.
£275.00

Victorian Era, British Fire Brigade, Brass Fireman’s Merryweather Helmet and Liner. Sn 22206 - 22206
This is an excellent Victorian era brass Fireman's Merryweather helmet and liner. Merryweather helmets were used by British fire brigades from the Victorian era into the early 1900’s. These helmets were modelled on the helmets of the Sapeurs-pompiers which Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw had seen on a visit to Paris and introduced to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in London in 1868, replacing a black leather helmet. The design was widely copied by other British and British Empire fire services. These helmets were made of brass. This brass helmet has just a few very small, light, dents only visible on close inspection & is complete with its original leather backed brass link chin strap, high combe with embossed dragon design sides and leather liner. The front has a crossed fire axes and hose badge. The chin strap is secured with two rotating brass rosettes, one either side. The helmet is approx. UK size 7. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22206
£695.00

Nazi German Luftschutz One Piece Gladiator Helmet and Liner. 22170. - 22170
In 1938 the Reichsluftschutzbund (The Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB; "Reich Air Protection League") was a civil defence organisation in Nazi Germany in charge of air raid precautions in residential areas and among smaller businesses. The RLB was organised by Hermann Göring in 1933 as a voluntary association. The RLB oversaw educating and training ordinary German men and women in civil defence procedures necessary for the basic level of local self-help of the civil population against air raids. The local level was formed around air raid wardens and operated in small first intervention squads. The training include firefighting, protection against chemical weapons, communication procedures and preparation of houses and apartments against air raids) was transformed into the Luftschutz (LS). The helmets got a new dark blue colour (as opposed to the grey and green of the RLB) and a new decal was placed on these helmets. It changed from a voluntary service to a compulsory one in 1943 and women were from then on not to be excluded. his gladiator was probably produced mid to late war, it comes with a later style liner. Vertrieb genehmigt gemäß 8 Luftschutzgesetz Kopfweite 55 is inside of the peak (This stamp appears to be a distribution stamp, which translates to: "Highest Price 8 Reichsmark. Distribution approved according to Section 8 Air protection legislation. Head Width 55). The standard paint colour for these helmets is dark blue but depending on producer period colours can be darker or lighter. It is also possible, but more uncommon to find LS helmets in green colour. The helmet is in overall good condition with age related marks. The strap and liner are very good, as shown by the images. The price includes UK delivery. 22170.
£295.00

*Pair* West Yorkshire Metropolitan Pre 1986 Police Hemet and Cap. POL 360. - POL 360
West Yorkshire Police, formerly the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the fourth largest territorial police force in England and Wales by number of officers. West Yorkshire Police was formed in 1974, when part of the West Yorkshire Constabulary (itself created in 1968, and covering a much larger area) was amalgamated with the Leeds City Police and Bradford City Police, under the Local Government Act 1972. The force was originally known as the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police. Some older signs around the Force area, such as the one in the reception of Millgarth Police Station in Leeds city centre, read 'West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police'. The 'Metropolitan' from the police title was dropped in 1986 when the metropolitan county councils were abolished. Proposals made by the Home Secretary on 21 March 2006 would see the force merge with North Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police to form a strategic police force for the entire region. The helmet is in very good condition, both externally and internally. The maker; Custodian Helmet Compton Webb (Headress) Ltd, 94 Newland Witney Oxon G.B. is on the original label within – approx. sz 58. The cap is of the same maker ‘Compton & Webb Ltd London and is a size 7 1/8. The condition is very good with minor wear on the inside brim. The price includes UK delivery. POL 360.
£195.00

WWII Dated U.S. M1 Helmet Shell with Vietnam Period 64 Pattern Liner & Double Side Marine Corps Camouflage Cover. 22111. - 22111
The M1 helmet is a combat helmet that was used by the U.S. military from World War II until 1985, when it was succeeded by the PASGT helmet. The M1 helmet has become an icon of the US military, with its design inspiring other militaries around the world. U.S. M1 steel helmets were manufactured through September 1945. Production was done by McCord Radiator and Manufacturing Company and Schlueter Manufacturing Company; the former developed a method to create an almost eighteen-centimetre-deep bowl in a single pressing, which was an engineering milestone at the time. This examples serial number dates it to March-May 1944. The US M1 Vietnam helmet cover was used by American troops during the Vietnam War. Recognisable thanks to this typical Mitchell reversible helmet cover of the conflict, the US Vietnam helmet cover was an essential element of the US Army uniform between 1959 and 1975. This original Mitchell patter Vietnam M1 helmet cover is stamped inside as it should be; ‘Cover Helmet Camouflage-DSA100-74-F-U524-8415-261-6833 LOT 01 MPLS. SOC. F/T BLIND INC’. *Split to liner- but intact* The price includes UK delivery. 22111.
£395.00

**SIEGE OF MALTA CAMOUFLAGE**British WW2 1940 EC & Co Ltd (E. Camelinat & Co Ltd, Birmingham & London) Tommy Combat Helmet With Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 22096 - 22096
The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre. From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy. The opening of a new front in North Africa in June 1940 increased Malta's already considerable value. British air and sea forces based on the island could attack Axis ships transporting vital supplies and reinforcements from Europe; Churchill called the island an "unsinkable aircraft carrier". General Erwin Rommel, in de facto field command of Axis forces in North Africa, recognised its importance quickly. In May 1941, he warned that "Without Malta the Axis will end by losing control of North Africa". The Axis resolved to bomb or starve Malta into submission, by attacking its ports, towns, cities, and Allied shipping supplying the island. Malta was one of the most intensively bombed areas during the war. The Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) flew a total of 3,000 bombing raids, dropping 6,700 tons of bombs on the Grand Harbour area alone, over a period of two years in an effort to destroy RAF defences and the ports. Success would have made possible a combined German–Italian amphibious landing (Operation Herkules) supported by German airborne forces, but this did not happen. In the event, Allied convoys were able to supply and reinforce Malta, while the RAF defended its airspace, though at great cost in materiel and lives. In November 1942 the Axis lost the Second Battle of El Alamein, and the Allies landed forces in Vichy French Morocco and Algeria under Operation Torch. The Axis diverted their forces to the Battle of Tunisia, and attacks on Malta were rapidly reduced. The siege effectively ended in November 1942. In December 1942, air and sea forces operating from Malta went over to the offensive. By May 1943, they had sunk 230 Axis ships in 164 days, the highest Allied sinking rate of the war. The Allied victory in Malta played a major role in the eventual Allied success in North Africa. This is an excellent, original, WW2 steel 'Tommy' Combat helmet. This helmet has all of its original Green and sand section colour camo paint as used in the Siege of Malta. The surface of the helmet has no dents. The rim is impressed with ‘1 (January) /1940 date, batch number ‘394’ and maker detail ‘EC & Co Ltd’ which is E. Camelinat & Co Ltd, Birmingham & London. It has its original oil cloth sweat band liner, chin strap bales & elasticated webbing chinstrap with buckle all of which are intact. The helmet is approx. UK size 6 1/2. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22096
£495.00

SOLD SOLD (10/11) *WW1 SHRAPNEL BATTLE DAMAGED**German M16 Combat Helmet By ‘BF’ (F.C. Bellinger, Fulda) With Original Olive Green /Brown Camouflage Paint, Original Padded Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 22085 - 22085
This original WW1 German M16 Combat helmet is as found & has not been messed with. It has most of its original olive green / brown hue camouflage paint. The top of the helmet has a shallow dent and single hole most likely shrapnel battle damage (illustrated). All rivets are in place and it has the correct chin strap lugs. The helmet retains its original leather headband liner with pads stuffed which are stuffed with original horse hair. The helmet also has its original leather chin strap with buckle (the strap is perished and become detached in the centre area). The rim of the helmet has manufacturer mark ‘BF’ which is the wartime code for (F.C. Bellinger, Fulda) and size stamp ‘64’ (UK size 8). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22085
£0.00

SOLD SOLD (07/11) WW1 German M16 Combat Helmet By ‘G’ (Gebrüder Gnüchtel A.G., Lauter) With Original Olive Green /Brown Camouflage Paint, Original Padded Liner & Chin Strap. Sn 22075 - 22075
This original WW1 German M16 Combat helmet is as found & has not been messed with. It has its original olive green / brown hue camouflage paint. It has just a few light dents only visible on close inspection and even patina. All rivets are in place and it has the correct chin strap lugs. The helmet retains its original leather headband liner with pads stuffed which are stuffed with original horse hair. The helmet also has its original leather chin strap. The rim of the helmet has faint manufacturer mark ‘G’ which is the wartime code for (Gebrüder Gnüchtel A.G., Lauter) and partial size stamp ‘6?’ (the helmet is approx. UK size 7). The price for this excellent WW1 helmet includes UK delivery. Sn 22075
£0.00
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