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June 22, 2019Pre-WW2 Polish Army Helmet wz.31 “Salamandra”
Pre-WW2 Polish helmet, 1931 pattern manufactured by Huta Ludwików in 1938, for the Polish Army.
A one-piece helmet with a slight undercut and a small but visible contoured visor. Helmet edges cut and rounded. Helmet pressed in alloy steel. The helmet is painted with a khaki cork, the so-called “Salamander” paint.
The interior of the helmet is visible khaki paint, the liner is equipped with a metal rim fixed with rivets. Three calfskin inserts are attached to the rim. The liner rivets were most likely unbent in the period. Tongue with lace eyelets and leather. Control rivet with mark “K2” for Tadeusz Księżycki, same control mark on the metal liner rim.Helmet marked “28” under the visor.
Fantastic example of the legendary pre-WW2 Polish 1931 pattern Helmet “Salamandra” in an untouched condition.
More information on the Polish Helmet wz.31 in volume 85 of the Wielkiego Leksykonu Września “Hełmy wz.1931” by Krzysztof P. Kłoskowski and Jarosław J. Rolewski.