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Polizei/Gendarme Reissue

General Information: After the First World War, the Republic of Austria equipped the Polizei of Vienna and the gendarmerie in other parts of the country with German style steel helmets (see: Austrian Gendarme). The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) prohibited the use of steel helmets for use by forces other than the Austrian federal army.[1] DespiteContinue reading “Polizei/Gendarme Reissue”

Stirnpanzer*

General Information: From its inception, the German Model 1916 steel helmet was designed to accommodate an additional piece of protective armor called a Stirnpanzer (“forehead armor”). Because of the heavy weight of the stirnpanzers (1.2 kg), they were intended to be used only in special circumstances such as for trench fighting or forward observers.[1] InContinue reading “Stirnpanzer*”

SCW SSh-36*

$595 SOLD

Colombian M16 Clone

$695 ON HOLD

Soviet SSh-40*

updated 12/18/2025 General Information: The SSh-40[1] was the most widely used helmet in the history of the Red Army and was the basic helmet of the Soviet soldier in the Second World War. It was an improvement over the previous model, the SSh-39. Externally the helmets were nearly identical, but the SSh-40 had a linerContinue reading “Soviet SSh-40*”