| Indo China Wars 1945 - 1975. Covering, French Indo China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, etc. |
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NVA Steel Helmets |
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07-06-2009, 07:18 PM
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NVA Steel Helmets
While I mostly collect NVA sniper related items, I also collect headgear and pistols. Here are some of my steel helmets:
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Another, from author and USMC officer Richard Camp |
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07-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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Another, from author and USMC officer Richard Camp
Captain Camp helmet, captured outside Khe Sanh
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East German |
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07-06-2009, 07:23 PM
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East German
This one is an East German one
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wired |
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07-06-2009, 07:24 PM
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One with commo wire
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07-06-2009, 07:26 PM
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This one has burlap as a liner. It also has strips of poncho liner tied to the netting outside.
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Carvings helmet |
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07-06-2009, 07:27 PM
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Carvings helmet
This is my favorite, what with the carvings on it:
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Carvings helmet 2 |
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07-06-2009, 07:28 PM
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Carvings helmet 2
Unit carving
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Carvings helmet 3 |
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07-06-2009, 07:29 PM
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Carvings helmet 3
Name carving
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Carvings helmet 4 |
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07-06-2009, 07:30 PM
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Carvings helmet 4
emblem carving
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07-07-2009, 01:18 AM
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WOW very nice helmets,  , absolutly great stuff.
Alex
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07-07-2009, 12:03 PM
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the helmet with burlap for a liner is interesting! when the liners rotted away in the damp tropical environment they could continue using it with a burlap liner for padding!
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07-07-2009, 03:44 PM
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This one is an East German one
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Wow!!! Very nice helmet collection. The East German helmet has to be one of the rarest ones you have posted. You rarely see EG helmets coming back from Vietnam from this time period.
I have one that came back from Mozambique and feel very lucky to have that one. Captured EG helmets from any country are RARE!!! Nice finds!!!
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07-07-2009, 05:15 PM
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Quote:
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Wow!!! Very nice helmet collection. The East German helmet has to be one of the rarest ones you have posted. You rarely see EG helmets coming back from Vietnam from this time period.
I have one that came back from Mozambique and feel very lucky to have that one. Captured EG helmets from any country are RARE!!! Nice finds!!!
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Thanks, and congrads on your find. Very recently I saw a wartime photo of NVA soldiers wearing E German helmets. Of course I made a mental note to copy it later and now can't remember where I saw it 
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Advisor's helmet |
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07-07-2009, 05:30 PM
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Advisor's helmet
I got this one from a former Marine who said that he got it from what he thought was a Chinese advisor. He said that the soldier was wearing Chinese khaki and was with a reinforced NVA platoon which inadvisedly took his unit under fire.
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East German helmet? |
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07-12-2009, 06:45 PM
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East German helmet?
does the EG helmet have the early WWII or M31 style leather liner? or is it the modified second pattern with a snap in plastic & leather with foam padding type of liner?
thanks
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