A Helmet for the Chinese "All told China ordered 220,000 German M35 helmets to equip it’s armed forces. In an era in where most of the armies of major world powers were still wearing WWI era steel helmets, China with its newly designed German manufactured helmet would stand out as a modern looking army. These new helmet without a doubt would have boosted the moral of the Chinese soldier who received them, as they were far superior to what other armies of the era were wearing including their enemies the Japanese."
I recall some B&W photos of Nationalist or KMT soldiers in Shanghai having German-type helmets and that in a recent Chinese (PRC) film, possibly about the fight for Shanghai they featured too.
