Adrian Helmet - Bulgarian finally
Not sure which forum to put this one on!
Got this last Sunday. Didn’t know the history of the helmet, what with the liner affixed with 3 big brass rivets, and the dubious Imperial Russian badge. Google has shown me that the helmet ended up with the Bulgarians, with the liner having the ink stamp*DVF in Cyrillic, the liner being WW2 I believe.
I assume that the badge is a fake - from what I can see the badges were removed by the Bulgarians. The colours on the badge and the tabs (pictured) are interesting though, and the badge seems to have been on a good while peering behind it with its shadow on the paint.
I liked the colour and sheen of the helmet - but the original paint appears to be lightish green.
Can anyone add more?
Cheers,
Tony
Got this last Sunday. Didn’t know the history of the helmet, what with the liner affixed with 3 big brass rivets, and the dubious Imperial Russian badge. Google has shown me that the helmet ended up with the Bulgarians, with the liner having the ink stamp*DVF in Cyrillic, the liner being WW2 I believe.
I assume that the badge is a fake - from what I can see the badges were removed by the Bulgarians. The colours on the badge and the tabs (pictured) are interesting though, and the badge seems to have been on a good while peering behind it with its shadow on the paint.
I liked the colour and sheen of the helmet - but the original paint appears to be lightish green.
Can anyone add more?
Cheers,
Tony
