m198 Posted July 26, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 26, 2015 Does anyone know what the writing on the inside says? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mcmike Posted July 26, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 26, 2015 It appears to be, reading from left to right, 518. Not sure if Arabs read their numbers from left to right, or right to left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmike Posted July 26, 2015 Share #4 Posted July 26, 2015 Arabic numerals ٠ = 0 ١ = 1 ٢ = 2 ٣ = 3 ٤ = 4 ٥ = 5 ٦ = 6 ٧ = 7 ٨ = 8 ٩ = 9 ١٠ = 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmike Posted July 26, 2015 Share #5 Posted July 26, 2015 Very nice helmet, by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m198 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted July 27, 2015 Good to know info, Thanks mcmike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryang Posted July 27, 2015 Share #7 Posted July 27, 2015 I believe left to right. I have a similar helmet I brought home from Iraq in 2007 - nowhere near as nice as yours. I actually pulled mine out of a manure pile! Appears to be an old Soviet style helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottG Posted July 27, 2015 Share #8 Posted July 27, 2015 It's Polish and commonly used by the Iraqi's through OIF. I brought home several as well. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m198 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted July 27, 2015 Thanks for the information guys. Did not know it was Polish made, I was going to ask that question next. I have a sea bag full of Iraqi gear from Kuwait, most of it borderlines on junk. On top of that the crap still stinks after all this years, what was I thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted July 28, 2015 Share #10 Posted July 28, 2015 thats a nice souvenir , thats how how I like them , still has traces of the Iraq soil / sand on the shell Polish helmets seem to be the most common Iraqi used steel helmet, they must have exported these in large numbers to the arab countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryang Posted July 28, 2015 Share #11 Posted July 28, 2015 Nice to know for me too. Here's a photo of a few of my bring-back helmets mounted in my 'man cave' at home. The four to the left I brought home from the First Gulf War. The circled helmet I pulled out of the manure pile during a clearing mission outside Baghdad in 2007. At least I have an amusing story to tell my grandkids on how I came by this "dung" helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted July 30, 2015 Share #12 Posted July 30, 2015 In particular, it looks to be a Polish Wz. 50. http://brendonshelmets.weebly.com/poland-wz50.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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