These extremely rare helmets are very cool, but so hard to get. A lot of you are familiar with the M39's Son, the M73, but these just don't pop up anywhere, until now....
Originally, Romania contracted the Dutch to make these in 1938, since it was literally a Dutch M34. In 1939, most production was moved to Romania, and they produced these helmets through most of WW2. These saw action in many major battles, including Stalingrad. After WW2, the Romanian military continued wearing these until the Soviet SsH-40 became the standard issue helmet through the 50s and 60s. These re-worked helmets were often painted, and had their often times worn out original liners replaced with an efficient and cheap liner system made from various materials.
Most of these were melted down for scrap, making them very hard to come by, even in re-worked condition. Can be re-painted and used for WW2 reenacting, or to have an example of a VERY cool helmet to fill a gap in any Cold War collection.
NOTES: These are all used, and were stored in less-than ideal conditions. This means scratches, rust, dry leather, and all of the other goodness that comes along with military collectibles this old. That being said, I have personally inspected each one, and they are complete and functional to use, and absolutely perfect for display. Photo is a stock photo of a random helmet in about average condition. These are far from junk and blown out.
My supplier only has a VERY small amount of these, so I don't expect I'll be able to get many more, if any. Don't wait if this has been on your list!
