Apr 17, 2024 · Ive gotten my hands on this italian M33 helmet and I was wondering if it was used by the spanish during the civil war/ as leftover aid from the italians after the spanish civil war. The liner size is 57, the stitching of the liner is as marked in the picture and you can still see the old italian pre WWII greenish color inside the dome, where it ...

Aug 1, 2018 · Need some opinion about this helmet. It is obviously an Italian M33. The colour looks like grey-green pre-war type, as well as the rivets. My concern is the liner. I have strong doubts it matches the helmet. It looks too white, etc. Can anybody comment anything in this regard? Thank you Alexey

Dec 30, 2023 · Hello, due to the type of rivet on the helmet, it is a pre-war M-33. They can have several rivet tabs on the inside: 2, 4 and 6 for those from World War II. See how many your rivets have on the inside of the helmet. It is the one that the Italian troops brought to the Spanish Civil War. The seam of the liner also helps to know what era it is from.

Oct 25, 2015 · I want to share with you my little, but I think interesting, collection of Italian WW2 helmets. To begin a helmet M33 used by italian infantryman on the Russian front, in fact on the shell can still see the scratches left by the brush used to wash off the white lime used as camouflage for the snow, and also to internal are visible splash of lime.

Jul 25, 2016 · Possibly in 1946-8, after the Italian Republic was born, the new army adopted a khaki-brown-reddish paint for the helmet, soon changed to a more greenish shade, which remained in service from the early 1950's to 1975.

Apr 26, 2016 · "The Finns were supplied with a number of these helmets by Italy at the outbreak of WW2. These helmets are quite similar in color and shape to the Soviet M39-M40, so in many cases the Italian helmets were issued to artillery or like troops. Direct service on the front line in a helmet so closely resembling those of the Red Army was not a good idea.

Jan 9, 2017 · This is a helmet M33 of early production, period from 1934 to 1936, with its original color light green gray semi-gloss, then with the beginning of the war for reasons of camouflage was issued the Circular Nr. 164 published in the Military Journal of June 17, 1940, which provided that all M33 had to be repainted in dark green-gray matt, but ...

Apr 1, 2014 · WWII Italian Pith Helmet. Does anyone know what the + stands for? Display your banner here. Page 1 of 2 1 ...

Mar 5, 2024 · I recently picked up this odd Italian helmet, I believe it to be a Spanish Civil War used helmet but I'm not sure if it's even an M33. The only stamp I could find was T-59 (which I assume to be the size) For comparison, I have it next to a refurbished WW2 Italian M33, It appears to have original pre-war paint on the inside underneath the liner.

Sep 14, 2016 · The pith helmet mounts the correct insignia of the 7th Mountain Troops (Alpini) Regiment and has also original anti-sand glasses. Due to the fact that 7th Alpini Regiment is the Regiment where I have served during my military service, this pith helmet is one piece of the history of my Regiment, so I like it very much.