Original Post WWII Russian Soviet SSh-40 Steel Combat Helmet with Paint Stamp Markings - dated 1948 MILITARIA According to author and researcher

According to author and researcher Harold Peterson

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There are a few stress cracks along the grain on the left side of the butt stock

This is a somewhat strange looking carbine

the Small Box Respirator was the most advanced and practical anti-gas development used by British and Dominion forces in the First World War

Original Post WWII Russian Soviet SSh-40 Steel Combat Helmet with Paint Stamp Markings - dated 1948 MILITARIA According to author and researcherOriginal Item: Only One Available. The SSh (Russian: Stal'noy shlem or Steel Helmet) 40, also referred to as the M40 (Model 40), was the last and most commonly seen in service helmet used by the Soviet Union during World War II. The only external difference between the SSh 39 and the SSh 40 were the six rivets near the bottom of the helmet, as opposed to the three near the top of the SSh 39 shell. Rivet placement of the SSh 40 was due to a newly