PPSh-41 dated 1943.
Mosin-Nagant M1938.
TT-33 pistol and holster.
SSch-36 helmet with M39 liner.
Russian helmet "Kaska" Mod. 1936. This was the helmet used by Red Army at the beginning of WW2.
(These helmets are quite hard to find....and rather expensive when found.)
I researched this helmet on the war relic’s forum [forum@warrelics.eu]
as I knew nothing about them.
This is what I learned from one of the tech support guys.(Dimas)
He was a Russian fellow I think, so I cleaned up the English a bit below.
Most of these helmets were relined in Leningrad, during the blockade, approx 5000 helmets were redone, the helmets were removed from recycling, and due to that,
all the liners were removed before sending them to recycle
Yours is typical Leningrad redone.
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The helmet is an interesting example... It is not an M39 liner exactly, but what you might call and M39 style liner. You find Ssh-36 and 39 helmets from time to time that have been relined with this liner system. While superficially similar to the Ssh-39 liner, they are not constructed the same as a factory Ssh-39 liner.
Why were they relined? The helmets were relined due to damage or having the original liners removed for winter wear. These liners are all very similar in construction and material make up. Likely they were all done at a single depot location. It is possible that because of the use of crude material and the non-standard construction and installation that these type helmets were relined in Leningrad during the siege.
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Michael Baskette
NOTE;
Michael Baskette.
Soviet Militaria collector since 1994. Former US Sales manager for Ostfront Militaria.
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NOTE;
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade (Russian: блокада Ленинграда (transliteration: blokada Leningrada) was the German siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) during World War II and was one of the longest sieges of a city in modern history. The German plan was coded as Operation Nordlicht (Operation North Light). The siege lasted from September 8, 1941, until it was lifted on January 27, 1944.
David
Helmet markings.
Mosin-Nagant M1938.
TT-33 pistol and holster.
SSch-36 helmet with M39 liner.
Russian helmet "Kaska" Mod. 1936. This was the helmet used by Red Army at the beginning of WW2.
(These helmets are quite hard to find....and rather expensive when found.)
I researched this helmet on the war relic’s forum [forum@warrelics.eu]
as I knew nothing about them.
This is what I learned from one of the tech support guys.(Dimas)
He was a Russian fellow I think, so I cleaned up the English a bit below.
Most of these helmets were relined in Leningrad, during the blockade, approx 5000 helmets were redone, the helmets were removed from recycling, and due to that,
all the liners were removed before sending them to recycle
Yours is typical Leningrad redone.
________________________________________
The helmet is an interesting example... It is not an M39 liner exactly, but what you might call and M39 style liner. You find Ssh-36 and 39 helmets from time to time that have been relined with this liner system. While superficially similar to the Ssh-39 liner, they are not constructed the same as a factory Ssh-39 liner.
Why were they relined? The helmets were relined due to damage or having the original liners removed for winter wear. These liners are all very similar in construction and material make up. Likely they were all done at a single depot location. It is possible that because of the use of crude material and the non-standard construction and installation that these type helmets were relined in Leningrad during the siege.
__________________
Michael Baskette
NOTE;
Michael Baskette.
Soviet Militaria collector since 1994. Former US Sales manager for Ostfront Militaria.
-----------------------------------------------
NOTE;
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade (Russian: блокада Ленинграда (transliteration: blokada Leningrada) was the German siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) during World War II and was one of the longest sieges of a city in modern history. The German plan was coded as Operation Nordlicht (Operation North Light). The siege lasted from September 8, 1941, until it was lifted on January 27, 1944.
David
Helmet markings.
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