Romanian helmets

Until further proof I consider it a fantasy helmet.

Edited: The German army used captured Dutch helmets for rear guard units, that's why they didn't stopped the production, but that kind of modification is too much.


This post has been edited by mihnea on April 12, 2006 03:25 pm

May be we will never know because there are too little examples left, but i still think this is an original helmet.

This post has been edited by Claudiu1988 on April 12, 2006 03:30 pm

Have you seen this photo?
Look what this GI is holding in his left arm.....
It's from www.germanhelmetsinc.com.

He-s holding a.....dutch helmet...!!!!

Need help. What's the difference between the dutch M28 and M34 helmet?

Web site of Peter Suciu:
http://www.nyc-techwriters.com/militaria/helmets.htm

Gen. Dénes

It's not too big; the liner is the big difference.

Here's a link with some helpful photos: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gastein/dutch_m16_m38.htm

Thanks

Hmmm...seems to me that there is something strange in here...
There is more than the difference in the liner, look at the shape of the skirt.
And more, one of these sites shows the M28 type for M34 and vice-versa for the other site.
Am I wrong?

Does anyone know when this helmet was worn ?
Military Police / Military Gendarne

IC = Îndrumător de circulaţie (traffic director - the guy that directs the traffic)
It was used in the comunist era.

What do you mean by skirt, the shape of the helmet?

The site I think is wrong is this one http://www.nyc-techwriters.com/militaria/r...ian_helmets.htm as it shows, in the Romanian section, a repainted shell (with some satin paint, not Romanian) with 100% new German liner inside as "m38/42" helmet. The other helmet he shows as an m28 with "specially mounted German M31 liner" is a normally mounted German m31 liner to an m34 helmet. Also this site shows in the Dutch section an "m23-27" that looks to me like an m28 as I never heard of an "m23-27".
And further more the other site is Dutch.

This post has been edited by mihnea on April 16, 2006 06:47 am

Yes, I meant the shape of the helmet. It appears to be a difference between M28 and M34....

This post has been edited by ANDI on April 16, 2006 08:39 pm

Yes I also noticed the different shape; it was always a mystery why my two Dutch helmets have different shapes.

Here are some photos of my two helmets and from: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gastein/dutch_m16_m38.htm .



My helmets (the helmets never change places in these pictures so the one with Dutch liner is on the left and the one with German m31 liner is on the right):

You can use paint stripper (diluant) or nail cleaner (acetona). But you need to insist a bit to remove the pain from the leather, I never tested it on leather so try it first on a small area, (but I doubt that it would harm the leather).

Good luck.

I tried this on my helmet on a little piece of chinstrap and it turned it black. On the leather the effect is good, it returned to it's original colour.

This post has been edited by Claudiu1988 on April 19, 2006 12:03 pm

I started cleaning an other helmet from my colection. Here are the pictures.