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I have this Italian helmet which I'm pretty sure is an M33 but I can't figure out the cover. It looks like San Marco pattern but it is too small to fit my helmet, evne though my helmet is a small. Is this cover for a different helmet?
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Italian Helmet Cover Help
abefroman- Sergeant
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Wolverine- Major
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Probably that cover was made for the airborne helmet?
abefroman- Sergeant
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Wolverine wrote:Probably that cover was made for the airborne helmet?
Was the airborne helmet that much smaller and would the San Marco guys even wear it?
Wolverine- Major
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I don't know about San Marco, but the cover looks like the right profile for the airborne helmet.
ripcord- Colonel
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The cover looks like it could fit on type M42 Italian Para helmets.
Consorzio Liguria is /was a contractor to the Italian navy.
Considering their relative small number of airborne slots, it's likely the cover is a scarce and desirable piece.
The manufacturing date is 1988; a few years before the M29 pattern was retired..
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Consorzio Liguria is /was a contractor to the Italian navy.
Considering their relative small number of airborne slots, it's likely the cover is a scarce and desirable piece.
The manufacturing date is 1988; a few years before the M29 pattern was retired..
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abefroman- Sergeant
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ripcord wrote:The cover looks like it could fit on type M42 Italian Para helmets.
Consorzio Liguria is /was a contractor to the Italian navy.
Considering their relative small number of airborne slots, it's likely the cover is a scarce and desirable piece.
The manufacturing date is 1988; a few years before the M29 pattern was retired..
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Very interesting. Were the para helmets that much smaller? Since they were a contractor to the Navy, do you think this would probably be for the San Marco Marines?
ripcord- Colonel
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Here is a '60s-'70s Italian M42 type Para helmet.
I believe they were the last steel type helmet issued to the Italian armed forces.
Notice the distinct differences compared to M33 type helmets.
There is more than a good chance that the helmet cover you have could have been issued to COMSUBIN, not SMM.
Italian Marines do have a recon and demo company who is parachute qualified so I suppose it could have been issued to SMM, but since all COMSUBIN personnel are parachute qualified , it is more likely that it is a COMSUBIN issued item.
Either way, really cool piece...
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I believe they were the last steel type helmet issued to the Italian armed forces.
Notice the distinct differences compared to M33 type helmets.
There is more than a good chance that the helmet cover you have could have been issued to COMSUBIN, not SMM.
Italian Marines do have a recon and demo company who is parachute qualified so I suppose it could have been issued to SMM, but since all COMSUBIN personnel are parachute qualified , it is more likely that it is a COMSUBIN issued item.
Either way, really cool piece...
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abefroman- Sergeant
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ripcord wrote:Here is a '60s-'70s Italian M42 type Para helmet.
I believe they were the last steel type helmet issued to the Italian armed forces.
Notice the distinct differences compared to M33 type helmets.
There is more than a good chance that the helmet cover you have could have been issued to COMSUBIN, not SMM.
Italian Marines do have a recon and demo company who is parachute qualified so I suppose it could have been issued to SMM, but since all COMSUBIN personnel are parachute qualified , it is more likely that it is a COMSUBIN issued item.
Either way, really cool piece...
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Great info, thanks! Now i just need to get an M42 and see if it fits. Are they expensive?
ripcord- Colonel
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Found these images today:
AT : http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/36506/italian%20paratroop%20three-colour%20disruptive.jpg
Not really certain of M42 Para helmet values but prices for Italian helmets are all over the place : depending on vintage and provenance they range from dead cheap to outrageously expensive..
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AT : http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/36506/italian%20paratroop%20three-colour%20disruptive.jpg
Not really certain of M42 Para helmet values but prices for Italian helmets are all over the place : depending on vintage and provenance they range from dead cheap to outrageously expensive..
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baldo- Corporal
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San Marco cover for m33
https://i.servimg.com/u/f68/18/33/71/88/27816611.jpg
San Marco cover maybe Comsubin too covers for M42/60 usually are size 3 (small)
https://i.servimg.com/u/f68/18/33/71/88/27816611.jpg
San Marco cover maybe Comsubin too covers for M42/60 usually are size 3 (small)
abefroman- Sergeant
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baldo wrote:
Wow thanks for the information. Are these 3 covers all San Marco/ Comsubin?
baldo- Corporal
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All 3 covers are San Marco or comsubin pattern but there aren't photographic evidence of use of these covers and helmets of M42/60 with anchor stencil.
abefroman- Sergeant
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baldo wrote:All 3 covers are San Marco or comsubin pattern but there aren't photographic evidence of use of these covers and helmets of M42/60 with anchor stencil.
All 3 used during same years?
baldo- Corporal
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Only one cover has label but it's the same of your , in same pictures can you see both colors variations.
Libano 83-84
Training in Capo Teulada
Libano 83-84
Training in Capo Teulada
abefroman- Sergeant
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baldo wrote:Only one cover has label but it's the same of your , in same pictures can you see both colors variations.
Libano 83-84
Training in Capo Teulada
Great pictures! Thank you!