Hungary Helmet of the Hungarian Military Traffic Control Corps

[Gordon Craig]

Gentlemen,

Military personnel assigned to the Military Traffic Control Corps wore a special protective helmet while carrying out their duties. The helmet is similar, but not exactly the same, in shape as the regular military helmet. It is made of layers of fibreglass material and has an entirely different liner from the metal armed forces helmets. The liner is more like a cloth cap which fits over the head with a section that comes down over the back and side of the head then buckles under the chin. The section that fits over the neck and face is of a white plastic material on the exterior. There are four holes in the section that buttons under the chin that should line up with the wearers ears. Very similar to a motorcycle helmet which purpose it may serve as well. The helmet is painted white overall with the exterior being smooth while the interior is of a rough texture. The front section of the liner has a leather sweat band and the chin strap is also of leather. The makers name "Hungaria" of Budapest is on a label sewn to the top of the liner. The liner is held in place by four sets of two brass rivets equally space around the helmet. There are black bands around the helmet with a blank spot in the front between the bands for the Armed Forces Cocakde. This particular cockade is of the flat surface variety and gold in colour indicating wear by a commissioned officer. The large F below the cockade stands for "Formgalomszab?lyaz?s". These helmets may be found with a different number of black bands indicating assignment to different sized formations. They are;

One Band-assigned at the company level

Two Band-assigned at the Battallion level

Three Band-assigned at the Regimental level.

Regards,

Gordon