WWII Original Russian Military Soviet Army Helmet
- Model of 1936 SSh-36 or a "khalkhingolka" or "khasanka" helmet
- Was adopted by the Red Army in 1936
- Sometimes the helmet is called "Eared"
- According to legend, S.M. Budyonny influenced its design: to protect the fighter from sabers, wide ear fields were provided to deflect the blow to the side
- Canvas and leather lining is present with a corrugated metal ring for attachment
- Inside of helmet stamped 1, 9, 30
- The M-36 was worn by Soviet soldiers in several campaigns of the late 1930s and 1940s, including the Khalkin Gol campaign against the Japanese in 1938 (giving it the nickname "Khalkingolka"), the Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940, the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1940 invasions of the Baltic states and Bessarabia, and in World War II, or as it is known in Russia, the Great Patriotic War
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