Finnish Helmets

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les hearn
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Re: Finnish Helmets

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i have one of the hungarian models
in me loft
bought by accident at an auction
95th nacht..attached 85th gebirgsjeager

have enigma ,will travel.
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Small correction:

Should be 'Polish M31' not 'M35'
Es steht ein kleines, kleines Edelweiß
auf einer steilen, steilen Felsenhöh!

Kampfgruppe EDELWEIß
1 KP, 100 GJR

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I guess most Finnish enthuasists know this already but just in case, here's an excellent page on helmets.

http://www.pottia.net/pottia/index.htm
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Kyrl
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Re: Finnish Helmets

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Hello, I have a question: i know Sweden shipped some m26 and m37 helmets to Finland but i don't know if they arrived in time to be used for the Winter war. Did they, or were they worn only for Continuation and Lapland wars, meaning that the only correct helmets for a Winter War uniform are the ww1 germans and austrians?
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Finns used only M/16, M/17, M/18 German helmets or austrian helmets in combat. Civil defence forces had though these old Russian M/17 helmets which were painted black. Finnish army had only 75 000 German helmets and it was very clear that numbers wasn't big enought to share a helmet to every soldier. Swedish helmets didn't make it to Finland until late Continuation war.
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Thank you!
Was there any difference for the Swedish Volunteers of Winter War?
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Swedish volunteers used Swedish helmets during the war.
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