Updated June 6, 2025 General Information: After the end of World War One armed forces of the newly created Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929) used stocks of helmets acquired from former Austro-Hungarian depots in Croatia, Slovenia, and Vojvodina. These were mostly Austro-Hungarian M17 German model helmets, but someContinue reading “Yugoslavian M17*”
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Yugoslavian M23*
General Information: The Model 1923 French helmets exported to Yugoslavia were distinct from the M23 helmets produced for the French army in the interwar years. Like the Spanish export French M26s they were made with inferior non-manganese, magnetic steel. The export M23s also had a rolled rim, rather than a separate rim piece welded toContinue reading “Yugoslavian M23*”
Yugoslavian M39*
General Information: The Yugoslavian Model 1939 was a locally made copy of the Czechoslovakian vz.32. Very little documentation exists on this very rare helmet type and much of what we know about the M39 has been surmised by collectors. The helmets were produced, or at least assembled, in Yugoslavia, presumably under license from the Czechoslovakians.Continue reading “Yugoslavian M39*”
Steel Helmets of the World Wars 