This ia a pre WW2 helmet.
My helmet is in a beautiful condition and has a leather chin strap
Found a very interesting book about italian helmets:
https://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HTML/editoria/2015/100elmetto/Pagine/index.aspx








There is also a number in the front, at the inside B 17
B = SMV Smalteria e Metallurgia Veneta s.p.a. di Bassano del Grappa
https://bbcc.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/pater/loadcard.do?id_card=228441
1925/ 1976 , active in Bassano del Grappa
enamelling
Biographical notes
Smalteria Metallurgica Veneta was founded in 1925 by a company whose capital, of three million lire, was subscribed by a group of Italian, Austrian and German lenders led by the Hungarian brothers Augusto and Adolfo Westen, already owners at the time of numerous plants for the production of enamelled tableware in several Central and Eastern European countries. The management of the Bassano Smalteria was followed by Augusto who moved permanently to Italy. After his death in 1960, the presidency of the company will pass to his nephew Karl Hermann, son of Peter, and in 1973 to his sons, Carlo and Peter jr.
The first signs of the crisis began in the 1960s, due to a backward and deteriorated production system, with non-renewed production, and to competition that was becoming increasingly fierce. In 1973 the rise in the price of oil and the bank credit block slowed down the expansion projects of the Smalterie, the increase in labor costs, the progressive reduction of the workforce, the redundancy fund led to the bankruptcy of the company in June 1976.
More information about this helmet can be found at my favorit web site:
http://world-war-helmets.com/fiche.php?q=Casque-Italien-Mle-933
I also found this Italian web site:
https://www.cascoscoleccion.com/italia/ital33.html
This is a webside of the Italian Army:
http://www.esercito.difesa.it Helmets
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lor141257, Posté le dimanche 15 janvier 2023 08:39
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