posted 11-06-2015 11:46 AM               

Not much information was given, hence why it sold for so little. It feels completely legit, and gives almost a complete seal when worn. It appears as if someone cut a part of the neck fabric on in order to fit in it, which is why the seal doesn't seem perfect.

There is a lot of Russian writing on the item, and I can't come close to understanding what any of it says.

I can't really judge how old it is, but it seems like it would be from the 60s-70s.
If anyone has any information on it, or an evaluation of price, that would be really helpful.

posted 11-07-2015 01:28 AM               

Based on the printing on the helmet tag, the size is 1M (smallest of 6 sizes of helmets). The other number is the number of manufacture (like a serialized number).

Based on the printing on the orange tag of the headset, the date of manufacturer appears to be March 84 or 89 (the last number is under the stitching and difficult to read.)

The red printing on the neck ring is the pilots name. It appears to be a used helmet.

(Caution should be exercised with new unused helmets in that they often come with protective caps installed on the inside of the helmet on the air inlet and exhaust fittings. If these protective caps are not removed, after one or two breaths you are out of air).

The latch on the neckring/neck skirt assembly is normally placed to the front of the helmet for access by the pilot.

One of your pictures shows the wire from the helmet connected to the wire on the rubber neck dam. The wire coming off the outside of the helmet is for the visor heating element, and actually connects to the aircraft. The headset wire harness connects to the wire that penetrates the rubber neck dam.