manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 10, 2019 Found at the flea market. No ID yet but there might be more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbridge Posted June 10, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 10, 2019 Neat helmet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted June 10, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 10, 2019 Nice. I need to get one like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted June 10, 2019 Thanks. I was so excited to have found it I forgot to ask for any provenance. Someone else had to tell me there might be more. Im really out of practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
644td Posted June 10, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2019 Really nice find, that’s a helmet that’s not seen very often, or ever. BRAVO!!! Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted June 10, 2019 The chin strap is gone and I cant find any ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted June 10, 2019 Here is a better picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted June 10, 2019 Here is a better picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted June 10, 2019 Notice how the letter A is stenciled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted June 10, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2019 Nice find! It's in amazing shape! Here's my example, which I acquired from the family of the vet. Stencil is almost identical, and same color paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted June 10, 2019 I like that Masonk. Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted June 10, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 10, 2019 Super cool! So . . . did all the helmets worn by Polar Bear soldiers have "Russia" stenciled across the top like that? That is super cool! I'm partial to the Polar Bears, ever since I got the patches and medal from a 310th Engineers guy. -grin- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbmilitaria Posted June 10, 2019 Share #13 Posted June 10, 2019 Just the way you want to see them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguy1986 Posted June 10, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 10, 2019 Super cool! So . . . did all the helmets worn by Polar Bear soldiers have "Russia" stenciled across the top like that? That is super cool! I'm partial to the Polar Bears, ever since I got the patches and medal from a 310th Engineers guy. -grin- Some were just white without the RUSSIA stencil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted June 11, 2019 Share #15 Posted June 11, 2019 Some were just white without the RUSSIA stencil. Correct, some members did not want Russia stenciled on them....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 11, 2019 Share #16 Posted June 11, 2019 Nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted June 11, 2019 Glad you like it Elizabeth, thank you, please post your group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #18 Posted June 11, 2019 Bodes, why did some of them not want Russia painted on the helmet? Thanks Ron, I only got the helmet because it levitated and jumped into my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1canpara Posted June 11, 2019 Share #19 Posted June 11, 2019 My grandfather was a Canadian Mountie who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia and had two similar helmets, one green as issued and another white but with no markings on it. They were sadly lost a long time ago as we moved from town to town. I remember playing with them as a little boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn Posted June 11, 2019 Share #20 Posted June 11, 2019 are their any other markings for this type of helmet ? i have seen the white painted ones that where rough surface texture, but thought they were some type of civil defence thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #21 Posted June 11, 2019 The civil defense helmets are repainted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted June 11, 2019 Share #22 Posted June 11, 2019 They weren't all painted white either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #23 Posted June 11, 2019 Thats a cool helmet AEF. Any reasons why there are so many variations ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aef1917 Posted June 11, 2019 Share #24 Posted June 11, 2019 I don't remember where I read this, but the companies that returned to the US on the USS Von Steuben painted and stenciled their helmets aboard ship. The companies that weren't on the Von Steuben may have painted theirs in different styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted June 11, 2019 Did anyone else besides the 339th stencil helmets with RUSSIA ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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