Here you have a very nice Spanish civil war helmet with beautiful crest. I believe this to be an M1934 Nationalist model. Interesting piece of military memorabilia in aged condition. Believe this is a large size. The leather helmet support is there and in soft pliable condition, aged yes, but not hard. Please check the pictures and ask questions. Do check out my other listings and thanks for looking.
M1926 French/Peruvian M1934 Adrian Helmet for the Guardia Civil of Peru. This is a very interesting helmet used by the Peruvian Guardia Civil (National Police). You can read a lot of history in this helmet by the markings inside. First you notice in white a marking of PNS 226. The 226 mark is also scribed below the white paint. I think this must be a Peruvian Police unit number because how visible it is? Under the rim is where it really starts to get interesting and it may lead to the helmet’s original life. Under the rim there’s carving that has been painted over. You can see a name of the original owner, VARGAS, scratched twice under the rim. A number, 219 is carved in three places also under the rim. I think this was originally a French M1926 helmet, used by a man named VARGAS and he was in a unit of the French Army that was numbered 219. Peru bought French made helmets to supply their army in 1934 and that’s when it was painted over to the Greenish Blue Color of the Guardia Civil. The front cockade is in the red and white sunburst of Peru. The condition of the helmet is obvious from the pictures. There’s surface rust, chips and nicks, a couple of dents, and no liner. Four liner rivets are missing, but four remain. All the comb rivets are intact and solid. The one dent is the worst, just to the right of the comb. It’s about an inch and a half long by an eighth of an inch deep. The helmet is super solid and could be restored easily with a new liner. It’s a large size as you can tell by the picture of it on my head. I wear a 7 and 3/4 helmet. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “kenandstina” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
M1934 helmet Spanish Civil War. Helmet also known as M38 for its years of distribution or. For its supposed production in the city is a steel. Used by various factions in the. Meant not for use by the. But instead by security forces such as police, the helmet was of similar shape to the. Helmet in use by the army. The helmet would mainly see use by the. While being of similar shape to the M26 helmet, the M34 has many unique design features to distinguish itself. The shell is made of inferior material, only having 1 mm (0.039 in) thick steel and being lighter in overall weight to the M26, giving it worse ballistic and crash characteristics to the M26. The shell generally being painted in a sand color or light brown, with surviving examples being refurbished in the 1943 order with green paint and a frontal bracket. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “gaste_2622″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Theme: Militaria
- Featured Refinements: Spanish Civil War
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain